Screen saver fails to start

[jeff at cjsa.com]

On 30.10.2024 10:32, Thomas Cameron wrote:
> Howdy, all!
> 
> I'm running Fedora 40 with Xfce 4.18, specifically
> xfce4-screensaver-4.18.3-1.fc40.x86_64. I configure the screensaver to
> use one of the xscreensaver-provided screen savers
> (xscreensaver-gl-extras-6.09-1.fc40.x86_64).
> 
> If I manually lock the screen, it works just fine. But if I walk away
> from my computer, after the timeout I've defined, the screensaver is
> not activated. I am not even really sure where to look for log entries
> regarding the screensaver.
> 
> It feels like when I first log in, the screensaver works. But once I
> have a few apps running, the screensaver stops kicking in. I have
> tried enabling and disabling "inhibit screensaver for fullscreen apps"
> - no difference.
> 
> Screen shots of how my screen saver is configured below.
> Main config: https://imgur.com/DdunflT
> Lock screen config: https://imgur.com/1gVJ3kt
> Power management config: https://imgur.com/H6tIu1A (I have power
> management turned off, I like the screensaver being visible).
> 
> Any recommendations on how to chase this down?
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> Thomas Cameron, RHCE, AWS SA-Pro
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I'm on Xubuntu 24.04.1.  I had a number of problems with 
xfce4-screensaver and have turned it off and installed xscreensaver.  I 
find this to be much more reliable.