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 Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2009 12:21 pm Post subject: Screen Locking application xtrlock/vlock/xautolock [SOLVED] |
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I am looking for a timed screen locking application.
I aware that there are many out there but i would like to have your input about it.
Since i dont use KDE, Gnome, Xfce4 i have a strong prefece in something gkt or independent from the refered WM's.
(fluxbox user)
(You can still mention KDE, Gnome, Xfce4 related appz which might be usefull for other users)
I am currently using:
| Code: | x11-misc/xtrlock
Latest version available: 2.0-r2
Size of files: 7 kB
Homepage: http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/x/xtrlock/
Description: A simplistic screen locking program for X
License: GPL-2 |
and i love it but it lacks something that i need. A Timer!
does anyone have any option on how to make xtrlock to lock after "x" amount of minutes idle time or knows of an equivalent application ?
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| Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2009 2:08 pm Post subject: |
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| tgR10 wrote: | | what about x11-misc/xscreensaver ? |
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XScreensaver is not tied to any DE/WM.
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| Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2009 2:42 pm Post subject: |
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xscreensaver is an option but too big of a packages and with 2 extra deps.
i think i found the solution with xautolock.
| Code: | xautolock will watch for inactivity and launch some predefined program. It doesn't have to be something that locks the screen, but that's its usual use. It can also trigger this when the mouse is
left in a corner for some number of seconds. It can be disabled, enabled or told to exit from the command line. If xautolock is used as the one program left in the foreground of an xsession (holding
the session open, see below), it ensures that your session always has a lock on it (or else it ends). |
| Code: | * x11-misc/xautolock
Latest version available: 2.1-r1
Size of files: 32 kB
Homepage: http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/X11/screensavers/
Description: An automatic X screen-locker/screen-saver.
License: GPL-2 |
as for console locking there is also this one:
| Code: | * app-misc/vlock
Latest version available: 2.2.2-r2
Size of files: 53 kB
Homepage: http://cthulhu.c3d2.de/~toidinamai/vlock/vlock.html
Description: A console screen locker
License: GPL-2 |
$ xautolock -help
| Code: | Usage : xautolock [-help][-version][-time mins][-locker locker]
[-killtime mins][-killer killer]
[-notify margin][-notifier notifier][-bell percent]
[-corners xxxx][-cornerdelay secs]
[-cornerredelay secs][-cornersize pixels]
[-nocloseout][-nocloseerr][-noclose]
[-enable][-disable][-toggle][-exit][-secure]
[-locknow][-unlocknow][-nowlocker locker]
[-restart][-resetsaver]
-help : print this message and exit.
-version : print version number and exit.
-time mins : time before locking the screen [1 <= mins <= 60].
-locker locker : program used to lock.
-nowlocker locker : program used to lock immediately.
-killtime killmins : time after locking at which to run
the killer [10 <= killmins <= 120].
-killer killer : program used to kill.
-notify margin : notify this many seconds before locking.
-notifier notifier : program used to notify.
-bell percent : loudness of notification beeps.
-corners xxxx : corner actions (0, +, -) in this order:
topleft topright bottomleft bottomright
-cornerdelay secs : time to lock screen in a `+' corner.
-cornerredelay secs : time to relock screen in a `+' corner.
-cornersize pixels : size of corner areas.
-nocloseout : do not close stdout.
-nocloseerr : do not close stderr.
-noclose : close neither stdout nor stderr.
-enable : enable a running xautolock.
-disable : disable a running xautolock.
-toggle : toggle a running xautolock.
-locknow : tell a running xautolock to lock.
-unlocknow : tell a running xautolock to unlock.
-restart : tell a running xautolock to restart.
-exit : kill a running xautolock.
-secure : ignore enable, disable, toggle, locknow
unlocknow, and restart messages.
-resetsaver : reset the screensaver when starting the locker.
Defaults :
time : 10 minutes
locker : xlock
nowlocker : xlock
killtime : 20 minutes
killer : none
notify : don't notify
notifier : none
bell : 40%
corners : 0000
cornerdelay : 5 seconds
cornerredelay : 5 seconds
cornersize : 10 pixels
Version : 2.1
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