Re: [gentoo-user] screen locker

[ny6p01@gmail.com]

On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 07:15:17PM -0500, Joshua Murphy wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 3:35 PM, Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Has anyone found a screen locker they like?  I'd like to move away
> > from xscreensaver.  It seems bloated plus it isn't working right for
> > me anymore.
> >
> > slimlock looks interesting but the ebuild in the miramir overlay fails with:
> >
> > !!! Fetched file: slimlock-9999.tar.gz VERIFY FAILED!
> > !!! Reason: Filesize does not match recorded size
> > !!! Got:      21746
> > !!! Expected: 21479
> >
> > and the comments in this bug aren't encouraging:
> >
> > https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=366405
> >
> > - Grant
> >
> 
> I find I like slock, though it's possibly a bit excessively on the
> 'minimalist' side for many people. Flat blanked screen, just type the
> user's password and hit enter to unlock... there's no visual cues at
> all. It also doesn't auto-enable on a timer by itself.
> 
> -- 
> Poison [BLX]
> Joshua M. Murphy
> 

I've been using xautolock for years and years. What's good about it is you
can have any 'locker' you want. For now, I'm using feh in slideshow mode.
For another, you can specify another program as a 'killer' such as a suspend
or hibernate script. However, for a traditional ss, I have been using xlock
forever - many more modes than xscreensaver, and just a simple binary to
worry about.

Terry