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mate-screensaver package

  1. Bug #1777889
  2. Comment #14

Comment 14 for bug 1777889

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mvaldez (mario-mariovaldez) wrote :

Upstream bug reports:
https://github.com/mate-desktop/mate-screensaver/issues/228
https://github.com/mate-desktop/mate-screensaver/issues/84

Seems to be an issue with mate-screensaver not supporting the PrepareForSleep systemd signal (it was previously supported but it was not configurable, so they removed the support).

As mentioned in one of the bug reports, a workaround is to install xss-lock and then create an item in the Preferences' Startup Applications to use:

xss-lock -l -- mate-screensaver-command -l

The xss-lock application will detect the systemd signal and instruct mate-screensaver to lock the screen. You can create the startup item manually or you can create a .desktop file in /etc/xdg/autostart/ to enable it for all users.

This is really a kludge, but it works.