Comment 13 for bug 1441460

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Thaddaeus Tintenfisch (thad-fisch-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

This is a known limitation (bug 894484) and some workarounds may be available.

xfce4-power-manager can only do power management if 1) it is started after login and 2) the user session is not marked as inactive.
A session will be marked as inactive once you lock the screen and the VT switch occurs. Enabling the mentioned setting will delay the switch and prevent the session from becoming inactive.