Lock Screen Icon - Fire on Screen?

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Hey,
I just wanted to ask is it normal if when I lock screen, there is a “fire on the monitor” icon on the left side of place for entering password? I didn’t see that before.

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hi

this icon is XScreenSaver icon (the program doing the screen lock), it should display Qubes logo when locked, not its own logo.

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thanks, do you know how to switch it back or what could cause that “logo switching”? I don’t think I changed sth in xscreensaver. Also I cannot open xscreensaver, only xscreensaver settings (when I click xscreensaver, nothing happens)

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Just looked at XScreenSaver source and laughed a little bit :rofl:

Quoting from code

/* If you are looking in here because you're trying to figure out how to
   change the logo that xscreensaver displays on the splash screen and
   password dialog, please don't.  The logo is xscreensaver's identity.
   You wouldn't alter the name or copyright notice on a program that
   you didn't write; please don't alter its logo either.
 */
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Related issue on Github (Git blame)

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I have this same issue on 4.2.3. I recently noticed my XScreenSaver shows the flame instead of the Qubes logo and thought it was odd and decided to ask if it was normal. Like you, I also cannot open the XScreenSaver option in the Settings > Other menu.

XScreenSaver Settings in the System Settings menu opens, however.

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Do you have a HiDPI monitor? Something with high resolution

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If this counts, my laptop display is 4K.

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It is a known bug. It should be already fixed in testing repositories (on 26th September). Here are the details:

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Interesting! Thank you very much for your reply. I did change the DPI.

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