Hey, I have set the screensaver to activate on idle, and regard the computer as idle after 1 mins (for testing purposes). The screensaver does not reliably activate after 1 minute. This is a potential security issue. If xfce4-screensaver was just started, it works. When a movie was played (and stopped!) in the meantime, it doesn't. It seems that when an application inhibits the screensaver and clears the inhibit, the clearing is logged by xfce4-screensaver but not applied internally. Once there was an inhibit, it will never activate again on its own. Observed with xfce4-screensaver-4.18.2 (no further patches) on Gentoo Linux. Log: ``` # fresh start # xfce4-screensaver --debug (xfce4-screensaver:771702): Gtk-WARNING **: 17:16:08.723: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:9228:21: Not using units is deprecated. Assuming 'px'. [gs_debug_init] gs-debug.c:115 (17:16:08.764): Debugging enabled [main] xfce4-screensaver.c:89 (17:16:08.764): Initializing xfce4-screensaver 4.18.2 [init_session_id] gs-listener-dbus.c:2190 (17:16:08.773): Got session-id: /org/freedesktop/login1/session/_332 [gs_listener_init] gs-listener-dbus.c:2216 (17:16:08.773): Acquiring logind sleep inhibitor lock [gs_listener_x11_set_timeouts] gs-listener-x11.c:320 (17:16:08.778): Saver timeout updated to 60 seconds [gs_listener_x11_set_timeouts] gs-listener-x11.c:326 (17:16:08.778): Lock timeout updated to 60 seconds [gs_listener_x11_acquire] gs-listener-x11.c:296 (17:16:08.780): ScreenSaver Registered [xroot_filter] gs-listener-x11.c:264 (17:17:08.780): Activating screensaver on ScreenSaverOn .... # --> it works! # unlock # let's try playing and stopping a video in Firefox 116 for a second. [listener_add_ref_entry] gs-listener-dbus.c:655 (17:25:04.549): Adding inhibitor from libxfce4ui for reason 'Inhibit requested' on connection :1.13 [listener_check_activation] gs-listener-dbus.c:308 (17:25:04.557): Checking for activation [listener_remove_ref_entry] gs-listener-dbus.c:687 (17:25:05.351): Removing inhibitor from libxfce4ui for reason 'Inhibit requested' on connection :1.13 [listener_check_activation] gs-listener-dbus.c:308 (17:25:05.351): Checking for activation [get_x11_idle_info] gs-listener-x11.c:111 (17:25:39.192): XScreenSaverInfo: state 3 kind 1 tos 0 idle 30657 m 1 [lock_timer] gs-listener-x11.c:164 (17:25:39.192): Idle: 30s, Saver: Enabled, Saver Timeout: 60s, Lock: Enabled, Lock Timeout: 60s, Lock Timer: 0s, Lock Status: Unlocked, Fullscreen: Uninhibited [get_x11_idle_info] gs-listener-x11.c:111 (17:26:39.192): XScreenSaverInfo: state 3 kind 1 tos 0 idle 90657 m 1 [lock_timer] gs-listener-x11.c:164 (17:26:39.192): Idle: 90s, Saver: Enabled, Saver Timeout: 60s, Lock: Enabled, Lock Timeout: 60s, Lock Timer: 30s, Lock Status: Unlocked, Fullscreen: Uninhibited [get_x11_idle_info] gs-listener-x11.c:111 (17:27:39.192): XScreenSaverInfo: state 3 kind 1 tos 0 idle 48666 m 1 ... # screensaver won't activate anymore, it's as if the inhibit got stuck ``` Manual activation with the corresponding commands (`xflock4`, etc.) is not affected. This perma-inhibited state can be cleared by either restarting xfce4-screensaver, or toggling `Inhibit screensaver for fullscreen applications`, (either off->on or on->off seems to work for clearing this state) Thanks! :) Full settings: ``` <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <channel name="xfce4-screensaver" version="1.0"> <property name="lock" type="empty"> <property name="sleep-activation" type="bool" value="true"/> <property name="user-switching" type="empty"> <property name="enabled" type="bool" value="false"/> </property> <property name="status-messages" type="empty"> <property name="enabled" type="bool" value="false"/> </property> <property name="saver-activation" type="empty"> <property name="delay" type="int" value="1"/> </property> </property> <property name="saver" type="empty"> <property name="mode" type="int" value="0"/> <property name="idle-activation" type="empty"> <property name="enabled" type="bool" value="true"/> <property name="delay" type="int" value="1"/> </property> <property name="fullscreen-inhibit" type="bool" value="true"/> <property name="enabled" type="bool" value="true"/> </property> <property name="screensavers" type="empty"> <property name="xfce-blank" type="empty"> <property name="dpms-sleep-after" type="double" value="1"/> <property name="arguments" type="string" value=""/> <property name="dpms-off-after" type="double" value="1"/> </property> <property name="xfce-floaters" type="empty"> <property name="show-paths" type="bool" value="false"/> <property name="arguments" type="string" value="-n 5"/> <property name="do-rotations" type="bool" value="false"/> <property name="print-stats" type="bool" value="false"/> </property> </property> </channel> ```