On Fri, 17 Feb 2023 17:13:09 -0800 Mike Kupfer <kup...@rawbw.com> wrote:
> Celejar wrote: > > > The logs show regular deactivate events like the following every 20 > > seconds: > > > > ClientMessage DEACTIVATE: already inactive, resetting activity time > > > > I saw this: > > > > https://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/faq.html#no-blank > > > > I guess I have to figure out what application is sending these messages? > > Firefox? I do tend to keep a lot of tabs open. > > I recall seeing something several months ago about the Xfce power > manager fighting with xscreensaver, though I'm not able to find it right > now. If you have the Xfce power manager configured to manage the > display, you could try disabling that. Bingo - the problem was that Xfce Power Manager's Presentation Mode was on. I'm not sure I was even aware of that mode's existence, but it apparently has a long history of becoming turned on without the conscious intention or awareness of the user :) https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14210 I turned Presentation Mode off, and xscreensaver seems to be working correctly now. Thank you very much! -- Celejar
