xfce4-screensaver 0.1.10 causes a delay in suspend action

Submitted by dol..@..il.com

Assigned to Sean Davis @bluesabre

Link to original bug (#16815)

Description

just upgraded from 0.1.8 to 0.1.10 of xfce4-screensaver. suspend actions whether by closing a laptop lid or by hitting the suspend button in the xfce4-session logout menu, now take up to a minute before actually suspending. during this minute the screensaver runs.

this occurs whether lock screen is enabled in the screensaver and power settings, or not.

Version: 0.1.10

dol..@..il.com said:

same bug also affects 0.1.9

I'm experiencing a similar issue, but only if I disable "Lock screen with system sleep". If that is enabled (and after rebooting!), suspend is instant. With that turned off suspend takes a while.

This AskUbuntu question is describing what seems like the same bug. That person says it takes exactly 30 seconds, which might be a clue.

As @guus mentioned, it seems to be linked to the disabling of 'Lock screen with system sleep' and simply enabling it won't resolve the issue, you have to restart the daemon. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xfce4-screensaver/+bug/1885444

xfce4-screensaver-command --exit helps

Well, I got this bug like described in #45 (comment 5836). Logging out and in is enough, no need to reboot.

(I am using Xubuntu 20.04) Besides, this wretched screensaver daemon starts during boot even if I have told it not to in 'Session and Startup' dialog. Anyone knows why?

As for my question, I filed #55 (closed).

Try disabling 'Enable Lock Screen' and see if that makes any difference.

It does not make any difference.

Except that screen does not lock, even if 'Lock screen with system sleep' is enabled. That way I can suspend without locking and without delay.

Unfortunately you can not choose to lock by xflock4 then: xflock4 exits with code 0 but does not lock,

When I was testing this issue, I went into Settings Editor and removed all settings in the xfce4-screensaver category to reset things. Maybe that will help you.

Well, did it help you? What use are of settings that have to be reset?

added Bug label

added Suspend label

I can confirm that this issue still persists in Xfce 4.16. Ticking all options that are scattered throughout the system with aim of not locking your system upon sleep (Power Manager, Screensaver, Session ans Startup) causes your OS to take 20-30 seconds to get to sleep. I hypothesize that this should be trivial to reproduce on any laptop (maybe even on desktop/VM?). The only workaround is disabling xfce4-screensaver entirely and removing it from autostart, which obviously sucks.

Distribution - Xubuntu 21.04, 64 bit. System - HP Elitebook 8470p

If you need me to provide anything relevant to this issue - hit me up, I'm only happy to help open-source projects fix their bugs.

mentioned in issue xfce/xfce4-session#149 (closed)

unassigned @bluesabre

Should be fixed by !21 (merged) (4.18.0), please reopen if it's still an issue.

closed

changed milestone to %4.18.0

assigned to @zaps166