Screen lock not holding

Robby Workman xfce at rlworkman.net
Tue Nov 20 05:54:39 CET 2007


TerryX wrote:
> 
> BuraphaLinux Server wrote:
>> Use xlock instead.
>>
>>
> 
> Thanks.  It's useful to know that.  In the meantime, after giving up on two
> Xfce-based distros, I was about to log out and use Kde (ugh, I know) when I
> discovered completely accidentally that locking works with some screen
> savers and not others.  Before taking the momentous step of changing to kde,
> I gave the panel icon one more chance.  It worked but displayed a completely
> different screen saver.  So, I checked a few screen savers.  Sure enough,
> the one I had been using (kaleidoscope) resulted in an error message and
> then failed to lock, as did one other.
> 
> <BTW> I still need to find a distro which
> 
> # Supports Xfce
> # Has a good range of applications, including all Kde applications
> # Can be configured in hours not days, weeks or months
> # Is run by mature adults who
> # Have all their marbles
> 
> FreeBSD seems to be the only candidate. <urk></urk> </BTW>


Except FreeBSD is not a "distro" - it's a BSD.

I would suggest one that I think fits your criteria, but this isn't
the place IMHO.

-RW



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