# Xfce screen lock broken

**URL:** <https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/xfce-screen-lock-broken/61046>\
**Category:** XFCE\
**Created:** [September 29, 2024, 4:39am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/xfce-screen-lock-broken/61046 "2024-09-29T04:39:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![zeozod](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/a9a28c/32.png) [@zeozod](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/zeozod)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2024, 4:39am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/xfce-screen-lock-broken/61046/1 "2024-09-29T04:39:59Z")

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Awhile ago (3-6 months), I noticed that screen locking in xfce stopped working. I didn’t do anything complicated to set it up. I simply turned off the screensaver, and added the Lock Screen selection to my session menu. It has worked fine for years. When I select it now, nothing happens. Has anyone encountered and solved this problem?

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**Author:** ![freebird54](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/freebird54/32/83106_2.png) [@freebird54](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/freebird54)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2024, 7:23am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/xfce-screen-lock-broken/61046/2 "2024-09-29T07:23:38Z")

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Now that you point it out… 😁 I have the same thing going on, my system’s screens go to sleep just fine, but I don’t to log in to enter/continue with whatever…

As you mention, nothing was done to create the change, and I haven’t seen any settings that differ yet, either. I keep assuming I will check it on one of my other ‘builds’ (straight Arch, Arco, more EnOS, Garuda and see if I can spot the diff that way…

At least it is hard to imagine a lower impact ‘difficulty’ than this, at least for those of us that live alone!

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**Author:** ![eso](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/eso/32/36767_2.png) [@eso](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/eso)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2024, 7:41am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/xfce-screen-lock-broken/61046/3 "2024-09-29T07:41:39Z")

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@zeozod ,  
In a fresh test system I have installed  
`xflock4`  
both CTRL+ALT+L and Sleep seem to work at my end. Check Autostart  
 ![Session_Autostart](https://forum.endeavouros.com/uploads/default/original/3X/c/7/c70e851ec91ac961d8f8e817335f862b89d94cba.png)

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**Author:** ![zeozod](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/a9a28c/32.png) [@zeozod](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/zeozod)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2024, 3:25pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/xfce-screen-lock-broken/61046/4 "2024-09-29T15:25:36Z")

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Thanks. Activating the Xfce screensaver in the  
`Settings->Session and Autostart->Application Autostart`  
dialog brought back the lock capability. It appears that xflock4 tries several different ways to perform a lock. It was not finding a viable way to perform a lock without the screensaver running. I presume that an update removed another possibility. I still have the screeensaver disabled now, but it is now running in the background to perform locks as needed.

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**Author:** ![system](https://forum.endeavouros.com/uploads/default/original/2X/9/9ea52f9fd5ef8e609e593c362d61a36295f48be8.png) [@system](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 3:26pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/xfce-screen-lock-broken/61046/5 "2024-10-01T15:26:17Z")

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