Xfce Screensaver

xfce4-screensaver is a screen saver and locker that aims to have simple, sane, secure defaults and be well integrated with the desktop.

This project is a port of MATE Screensaver, itself a port of GNOME Screensaver. It has been tightly integrated with the Xfce desktop, utilizing Xfce libraries and the Xfconf configuration backend.

Features

• Integration with the Xfce Desktop per-monitor wallpaper
• Locking down of configuration settings via Xfconf
• DBUS interface to limited screensaver interaction
• Full translation support into many languages
• Shared styles with LightDM GTK+ Greeter
• Support for XScreensaver screensavers
• User switching

Known Issues

• Allow embedding a keyboard into the window, /embedded-keyboard-enabled, may be non-functional. Onboard crashes when embedded.

Installation

See the file 'INSTALL'

./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc

You may need to set your PAM auth type if it is not correctly detected.

--with-pam-auth-type=<auth-type> specify pam auth type (common or system)

(For testing, we are using: ./autogen.sh --disable-static --with-mit-ext --with-console-kit --enable-locking --enable-debug --sysconfdir=/etc )

make && sudo make install

How to report bugs

Report bugs on the Xfce Bug Tracker: https://bugzilla.xfce.org

You will need to create an account if you don't have one already.

In the bug report please include information about your system, if possible:

• What operating system and version
• What version of xfce4-screensaver, i.e. the output of the xfce4-screensaver-command --version command

If you want to debug your installation you may also be able to get meaningful debug output when starting xfce4-screensaver from the debug script: ./src/debug-screensaver.sh