Screen lock not holding

[Alexander Toresson]

On Nov 18, 2007 1:34 PM, TerryX <terauck-xfce at yahoo.com.au> wrote:
>
>
> TerryX wrote:
> >
> > This fault has arisen in the past week.  The lock goes on (using the panel
> > plug-in) but goes off as soon as the keyboard or mouse is used.
> >
> > I've looked at the documentation and there seems to be none on the screen
> > lock.  What could I do to fix this or diagnose the problem?  I'm running
> > version 4.4.1 (Xfce 4.4) on Pclinuxos 2007.
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> >
> I'm getting this error message when I try to run an xscreensaver command:
>
> <blockquote>
> Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: No protocol specified
>
> xscreensaver: Can't open display: :0.0
> xscreensaver: initial effective uid/gid was root/root (0/0)
> xscreensaver: running as nobody/nogroup (65534/65534)
>
> xscreensaver: This is probably because you're logging in as root.  You
>               shouldn't log in as root: you should log in as a normal user,
>               and then `su' as needed.  If you insist on logging in as
>               root, you will have to turn off X's security features before
>               xscreensaver will work.
> </blockquote>
>
> I am not logged in as root.

Does xscreensaver-command -lock return the same error?
If so, the bug is probably in xscreensaver. But it is indeed strange that it
cannot connect to your X server.

Regards, Alexander Toresson