Nixpkgs: unable to lock screen in xfce

Created on 10 Jul 2016  路  4Comments  路  Source: NixOS/nixpkgs

Issue description

It's not possible to lock screen in xfce unless "xlockmore" is installed.

Steps to reproduce

  1. Add services.xserver.desktopManager.xfce.enable = true; in configuration.nix
  2. Login in XFCE and try to lock without success
  3. nix-env -i xlockmore and then retry to lock

    Technical details

  • System: NixOS Emu
  • Nix version: 1.11.2
  • Nixpkgs version: "16.03.973.8bf31d7"
enhancement good-first-bug nixos
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I think this is generally resolved by some kind of switch, but we have to add one. Something like services.xserver.displayManager.xfce.screenLock of types.enum...

picture abbradar on 11 Jul 2016
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I think that's because there is no blessed lock screen for XFCE. xflock4 tries XScreenSaver, GNOME Screensaver, XLock and SLock -- in that order.

abbradar picture abbradar on 11 Jul 2016

Has a situation like this (multiple optional but at least one required dependency on an executable) already been handled in NixOS?

zarelit picture zarelit on 11 Jul 2016

I think this is generally resolved by some kind of switch, but we have to add one. Something like services.xserver.displayManager.xfce.screenLock of types.enum...

abbradar picture abbradar on 11 Jul 2016
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I kept slock as-is: see #22532

zarelit picture zarelit on 4 Mar 2017
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