For what it's worth I just discovered that xscreensaver now has
xscreensaver-systemd, and is running on my Chimaera desktop. "The
xscreensaver-systemd program is a helper program to integrate
xscreensaver with systemd(1)."

I've been having problems with screen blanking / monitor power off
recently. Can we blame systemd now?

Soooo, I just want to be able to lock the screen manually, or have it
lock after a configurable time out. Once locked, the monitors should be
powered down after a short time out. No fancy OpenGL screen savers, just
blanking, locking, and monitor power off. So waving my mouse around or
hitting some random key should then bring up a password prompt so I can
unlock it. Is there something that can do that which hasn't been
infected with systemd?

I can probbably accept movie viewers being able to disable the blanking /
locking after a lengthy inactivity. But right now if I have run certain
games, I get crap like the monitor keeps powering on and off every few
minutes.

The cancer, it spreads!

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