Manjaro laptop screens blanks after 5 minutes of inactivty. Unable to access xfce screensaver settings

When Xfce 4.18 was updated to Xfce 4.20 earlier this year, Lock screen settings were moved from xfce4-power-manager to xfce4-screensaver

Xfce 4.20 tour – Xfce
xfce-Power-manager

Screen Locking

There is no dedicated “security” tab anymore. Lock screen management was massively simplified and “Light Locker” was dropped. “lock-on-sleep” is now synchronized with xfce4-session and xfce4-screensaver.

Screen locking settings are now only handled by xfce4-screensaver to avoid conflicts

But Manjaro updates did not automatically install xfce4-screensaver and remove light-locker, and users reported similar issues with screen blanking after 5 minutes, that were usually resolved by installing xfce4-screensaver manually

pamac install xfce4-screensaver

Xfce 4.20 screensaver and locking - #6 by stormschip

xfce4-screensaver:Usage [Xfce Docs]

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