Tip: how to get xfce4-screensaver to trigger after removing xscreensaver

ToddAndMargo <[email protected]> Sat, 13 Jun 2026 02:09:08 -0700

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Fedora 44
Xfce 4.20
xfce4-screensaver-4.20.0-2.fc44.x86_64

If after removing xscreensaver and installing xfce4-screensaver

     # dnf remove xscreensaver
     # dnf install xfce4-screensaver

and you can not get xfce4-screensaver to activate,
this is the workaround:

$ mv ~/.config/autostart/xscreensaver-autostart.desktop 
~/.config/autostart/xscreensaver-autostart.desktop.disabled

$ su root -c "mv /etc/xdg/autostart/xscreensaver-autostart.desktop 
/etc/xdg/autostart/xscreensaver-autostart.desktop.disabled"


And this is the bug report:
     https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2488676

HTH someone else,
-T
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