[gentoo-user] escape from i3lock

[Ian Zimmerman <itz@very.loosely.org>]

Here is my next "low information" question, haha.

I use i3lock which is like Xscreensaver but much much simpler; it plays
no movies or games, just blanks the screen with a configured color or
image.  To unlock it you have to type your password.

It bothers me that even when i3lock has locked the X session, I can
still switch to other Linux virtual consoles with Alt-Control-F<n> ,
without typing the password.  It so happens that on one of the other
virtual consoles there is often an interactive root shell :-P

So, is it possible to prevent virtual console switching while the X
screen is locked, but still allow it at other times?  Looks like
something the locker program would have to do, not the X server; but
again I don't know much about this stuff.

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