On 28-12-2020 05:58, Celejar wrote: > Hi, > > Some recent update to unstable seems to have broken Xfce4 for me: I > can't suspend the the machine anymore. When I try the keyboard shortcut > I've configured (that has worked for years), I get an error popup > window: > > Received error while trying to log out > GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.InvalidArgs: > Type of message, "(yb)", does not match expected type "(b") > > (I've googled this message and found other references to it, but no > clear solution / interpretation: > > https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/626284/thunar-bug-should-i-report-to-xfce-or-ubuntu > https://askubuntu.com/questions/1233288/unable-to-logout-from-guest-session-on-xubuntu-20-04 > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1729059 > https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/xfce-wont-let-me-log-out-anymore.76968/ > https://www.reddit.com/r/xfce/comments/bej4xx/received_error_while_trying_to_log_out/ > ) > > When I try the little "sleepy moon" icon, I get a different popup window: > > Failed to run action "Suspend" > GDBus.Error:org.xfce.SessionManager.Error.Failed: Failed to lock the screen. > > Any ideas?
The only related? fault I can see with my set up, also Xfce unstable, is I can't enter the password to unlock it. I have no problem anywhere else. Cheers! Harry -- `We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false'. -- William Casey, CIA Director (first staff meeting, 1981)
