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❗ UNDER CONSTRUCTION ❗

This project is a work-in-progress port of the Mate Screensaver.

xfce4-screensaver

xfce4-screensaver is a screen saver and locker that aims to have simple, sane, secure defaults and be well integrated with the desktop. It is designed to support:

  • the ability to lock down configuration settings
  • translation into many languages
  • user switching

Known Issues

Currently none.

Installation

See the file 'INSTALL'

./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc

(For testing, we are using: ./autogen.sh --disable-static --with-mit-ext --with-console-kit --enable-locking --enable-debug --sysconfdir=/etc )

make sudo make install

How to report bugs

For the time being, please report bugs here on GitHub: https://github.com/bluesabre/xfce4-screensaver/issues

You will need to create an account if you don't have one already.

In the bug report please include information about your system, if possible:

  • What operating system and version
  • What version of xfce4-screensaver, i.e. the output of the xfce4-screensaver-command --version command

If you want to debug your installation you may also be able to get meaningful debug output when starting xfce4-screensaver from the debug script: ./src/debug-screensaver.sh