Dear all!
Anybody using Xfce on Wayland (labwc) (probably Leap 16.0) experiencing any issues with Xfce4-screensaver? https://www.xfce.org/about/tour420?lang=en
I have the feeling, it’s working sometimes — sometimes not. Not reliably! Sometimes I have a blank screen with just the mouse cursor, nothing more. I cannot log-in back then…
Missing in my initial post, too late to edit there:
Xfce4-screensaver (porting to Wayland completed but not merged, as it requires the experimental libwlembed library)
@conram perhaps you?
Nope, I don’t use screensaver for the longest time. I always want my desktop to go to sleep once I’m done using it.
If you want an alternative maybe use wayfire in xfce. It has a rotating cube like compiz before going to suspend. It will act like screensaver though it is just showing your desktop wallpaper.
I am using it sometimes with xfce in wayland. It’s nice with it’s bling-bling 
You can use it side by side with xfce/labwc, you just have to create the xfce-wayfire wayland session so you can choose it before you login in xfce.
ACK!
Detailed question to you in addition:
I myself have noticed that (when leaving the machine powered, thus no “power off” or similar) I experience issues with “lock” (invoked by xfce4-screensaver or invoked manually by me (action: “lock”)) … but no issues with (real and actual) “log out” (which, of course, means, that I am logged out then and cannot directly resume my environment and work…!)
I have also already checked the URLs (like stated in Xfce on Wayland (labwc): any issues with Xfce4-screensaver? - #2 by C7NhtpnK): I guess that there still are rather some/many issues with it left.
I admit that I can use Xfce on Wayland (in this “early state”) mostly properly. Almost everything of my daily stuff is working properly. But I really experience these issues here — and it’s really annoying! — and have noticed that some of the Xfce config tools (i.e. keyboard and mouse) are not working, yet (I can live without, though).
So, I am really interested in your way of closing a session (“lock”/“log out”/“power off”)! 
@C7NhtpnK mine set to suspend in 5 minutes when not in use.
When I have to do gardening or nothing to do with the machine I shut it down for electricity bill
savings 
I see… — very different to the usual use of a screensaver…
@C7NhtpnK I tried the screensaver in xfce-wayland (labwc) and it is working in tumbleweed.
You just have to enable it in autostart, logout and login and screensaver starts on the time you set in the screensaver timer.
Yes… This is respected (all needs).
It is working generally. But sometimes, I experience some special issue: when screensaver is activated (called “lock” and/or called “screensaver”) I have just a blank screen — even of use of keyboard and/or mouse I don’t get back my unlock resp. login screen. The graphical screen seems “dead” somehow then. I just can reboot. Maybe, you haven’t experienced this one yourself, just yet (it’s not always the case and it then takes some time to occur…). Or it is not the case due to recent packages in TW. Maybe it could also be resolved for me by using dev repo packages (wishfully updates for Leap 16.1). I also have noticed that there are said to be actual issues with screensaver (Xfce project), it’s said to be WIP (tracker is showing activity…).
(Before you may repeat that (things are working with your system — but) Xfce on Wayland is said to be beta status officially: most things actually do work here (very fine and properly)— currently I mainly have experienced only this one (screensaver issue) and the one in the other thread (reporting correct window state, like e.g. minimizing). I don’t guess it unusable at all, I guess it usable very much — except for some special issues (explicitly noticed). (And remember, for “some” issues, at least, there it has been resolved by updated packages available generally.)
@C7NhtpnK I tried the lock screen in screensaver and so far still working.
You don’t need to reboot if the screen seems dead as long as the keyboard is working.
You have to assign a shortcut key to logout so you can go back to the login screen.
You can use the wayland-logout command and assign a shortcut key in xfce4/labwc.
Xfce4-screensaver is working here (Leap 16.1, Xfce on Wayland (labwc 0.8.1)). And it is generally working, indeed. But sometimes (mostly after a “some” time) it shows issues: when there’s the screensaver/lock screen up (because the station is locked (initially manually or by screensaver after time)), I can shortly notice the unlock box: but when I want to use it, I get a (completely) blank screen with just the mouse. Then I can move the mouse and can watch it — but there is no unlock box any more. But yes, I can still use the keyboard (e.g. login at TTY…).
reboot … like resetting the DE/graphics desktop (to be able to use it, i.e. the unlock box, again)?Please re-read my post above. The completely blank screen could be related to your graphic card. What is the graphic card in use?
Which text contents, please?
gunnersson@tulicube:~> inxi -G
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel CoffeeLake-S GT2 [UHD Graphics 630] driver: i915 v: kernel
Display: wayland server: Xwayland v: 24.1.6 compositor: LabWC driver:
gpu: i915 resolution: no compositor data resolution: 1920x1080
API: EGL Message: EGL data requires eglinfo. Check --recommends.
Info: Tools: de: xfce4-display-settings
gunnersson@tulicube:~>
You can make a shortcut key for logout even though the screen is black using the command
wayland-logout
You have to add the keybind in your ~/.config/xfce4/labwc/rc.xml.
It will look like this:
<keybind key="W-e">
<action name="Execute" command="wayland-logout"/>
</keybind>
“W” stands for the windows key.
Regarding your GPU maybe @malcolmlewis can help you with that.
I am using nvidia.
I’m running Hyprland on a system with a 630 GPU, no issues, perhaps an environment config?
For Hyprland I use;
env = XCURSOR_SIZE,12
env = HYPRCURSOR_SIZE,72
env = GDK_BACKEND,wayland
env = SDL_VIDEODRIVER,wayland
env = CLUTTER_BACKEND,wayland
env = QT_QPA_PLATFORM,wayland-egl
env = QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME,qt5ct
I just blank the screen here with hypridle though, likewise it suspends/restores fine.
@malcolmlewis
For labwc it will be like this
XCURSOR_SIZE=12
GDK_BACKEND=wayland
SDL_VIDEODRIVER=wayland
CLUTTER_BACKEND=wayland
QT_QPA_PLATFORM=wayland-egl
QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME=qt5ct
Thank you!
AFAIK I haven’t touched it.
Where do I actually find this setting contents?
wayland-logout is a command to logout
In the terminal, if it is not yet installed, do:
cnf wayland-logout
Maybe you need to install the wf-shell
It is included in this package
typ/usr/bin/wayland-logout
/usr/bin/wf-background
/usr/bin/wf-dock
Er. It’s not in pool of Leap (16.0).
Not promising, this one…
Since, the keybind is in ~/.config/xfce4/labwc/rc.xml, I guess it can only work when the screen is locked only (user still logged in) — but not when the user is logged out (and the screeensaver is active then)?!
Maybe, I rather rely on resolving this by an updated labwc (if it is actually the case).
