Hello again.
Did you install xscreensaver on your user Guix profile too? If not try it. Also try invoking xdg-screensaver from a terminal, it may print more useful info about why it's failing to run the screenlocker program, like which locker exactly is trying to run. On 5 March 2024 11:52:44 UTC, Reza Housseini <reza.housse...@gmail.com> wrote: >Hi William > >Thanks for your response! > >> Did you add the boolean value to enable a PAM entry and disable the >> setuid entry? Screenlockers usually refuse or complain when started with >> setuid due to security. > >I tried your suggestion but with no avail. > >> Also xdg-screensaver is a frontend that is part of the xdg-utils >> package. As far as I know, this program is only compatible with >> xscreensaver or xautolock, you should try defining one of these >> two on the screen-locker-service-type, not xdg-screensaver, and see if >> it works. >> >> Example: >> >> ``` >> (service screen-locker-service-type >> (screen-locker-configuration >> (name "xscreensaver") >> (program (file-append xscreensaver >> "/bin/xscreensaver")) (using-pam? #t) >> (using-setuid? #f))) >> ``` >> > >I tested it with xautolock but no luck either. I get the same error about >screensaver/locker not installed. After a while my screen gets black without >locking. Moving the mouse returns the display. As I understood xdg-utils is >installed along the lxqt desktop, but I wonder why the "Lock screen" button is >not working therefore. Installing xautolock in my home profile did also not >resolve my problem. > >Best, >Reza
