[SOLVED] xautolock seems to do nothing

[vrghost]

Trying to set up xautolock to lock the screen, and before even putting it in any startup script, I seem to struggle to get it to work at all.

emergege xautolock:

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*  x11-misc/xautolock
      Latest version available: 2.2_p7
      Latest version installed: 2.2_p7
      Size of files: 43 KiB
      Homepage:      http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/X11/screensavers/
      Description:   An automatic X screen-locker/screen-saver
      License:       GPL-2

The problem is, I don't seem to be able to get it to lock my screen, but I don't get any error messages or any updated logs (that I can see)

In an X session with qtile

I started it in a terminal with

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xautolock -time 2 -locker "betterscreenlocker -l"

Waited for five minutes, still not locked
Started a second terminal, and ran

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xautolock -locknow -locker "betterscreenlocker -l"

But nothing seems to happen.

I use xorg-server 21.1.14

* x11-base/xorg-server
Latest version available: 21.1.14
Latest version installed: 21.1.14
Size of files: 4,900 KiB
Homepage: https://www.x.org/wiki/ https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/xorg-server
Description: X.Org X servers
License: MIT

Any ideas?

Betterscreenlocker works by the way, have a shortcut for that using the same command, I am happy to try anything at this stage

[CaptainBlood]

what package provides

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betterscreenlocker

?

Thks 4 ur attention, interest & support.

[Weezer]

I started it in a terminal with

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xautolock -time 2 -locker "betterscreenlocker -l"

Waited for five minutes, still not locked
Started a second terminal, and ran

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xautolock -locknow -locker "betterscreenlocker -l"

After the first command has been run, the second command should simply be:

xautolock -locknow

Due to the fact that xautolock is already running an instance and you are invoking it "now".

You could also add an "&" after your first command to release the terminal:

xautolock -time 2 -locker "betterscreenlocker -l" &

Then you can test without opening a second terminal (you will have to manually kill it however).

I don't use betterscreenlocker but as long as it is working properly there shouldn't be any issues. If you run lightdm you could try 'dm-tool lock', also.

Just a thought or two

[Banana]

what package provides

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betterscreenlocker

?

Thks 4 ur attention, interest & support.

Maybe it should be betterlockscreen? https://www.portagefilelist.de/?fs=bett ... en#panchor

[Weezer]

what package provides

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betterscreenlocker

?

Thks 4 ur attention, interest & support.

Maybe it should be betterlockscreen? https://www.portagefilelist.de/?fs=bett ... en#panchor

Disregard absolutely everything I suggested - HaHaHa!

[vrghost]

Sorry, PEBKAC, somehow I had gotten the name of the program back to front
As soon as I had fixed the spelling it started working