From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1S4Fs4-0001Ck-Bz for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 04 Mar 2012 18:09:24 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D3CF7E09C0; Sun, 4 Mar 2012 18:09:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ee0-f53.google.com (mail-ee0-f53.google.com [74.125.83.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 34C35E08F0 for ; Sun, 4 Mar 2012 18:08:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: by eekb47 with SMTP id b47so1249577eek.40 for ; Sun, 04 Mar 2012 10:08:12 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of emailgrant@gmail.com designates 10.213.101.4 as permitted sender) client-ip=10.213.101.4; Authentication-Results: mr.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of emailgrant@gmail.com designates 10.213.101.4 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=emailgrant@gmail.com; dkim=pass header.i=emailgrant@gmail.com Received: from mr.google.com ([10.213.101.4]) by 10.213.101.4 with SMTP id a4mr956821ebo.192.1330884492517 (num_hops = 1); Sun, 04 Mar 2012 10:08:12 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=LLi4Q9hLaewGo7rrfIhbP9tto9xIronJwQs36zxDuMw=; b=wiq1yaz4m7bEVeO0DJQzaHzElC/erBZgbBTzaX87GqP/dKxe4P3zHtweBtrzYPhcrL ilJCz3yBn3JD0DfPm86xVbtHVL+Db5JJoRXiTLC1BTuiUUDLG1X7Y/uKNXY76LJHMb8X bl7eypQjCS5q5i2DT4McHySucnl4Tzy6f/e4tXgLFEtYPxGD77jELvAHkmtegWSuEIZB YoXNMUfiT8k/gMMU0MVP7gkGOjQuHvmCFR0egVTMho/TFEvIQdVbYq+7xtHU5UQHVdp9 e9XcgdG4Qbg3Vqy9hG/2Mf4lXNCsxXdgDeyob0ylej//UGrIPKuugEJBo6FWdvx+pZ23 oNRA== Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.213.101.4 with SMTP id a4mr712893ebo.192.1330884492396; Sun, 04 Mar 2012 10:08:12 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.213.113.148 with HTTP; Sun, 4 Mar 2012 10:08:12 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20120224222045.GC27406@badass.gateway.2wire.net> References: <20120220002615.GA10735@badass.gateway.2wire.net> <20120224222045.GC27406@badass.gateway.2wire.net> Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2012 10:08:12 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] screen locker From: Grant To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 7b13f43f-fac1-46d6-ba3b-2f03447288eb X-Archives-Hash: f0bb3d5a55f65537b152ba08497e76f8 >> [snip] >> > 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 mo= de. >> > For another, you can specify another program as a 'killer' such as a s= uspend >> > 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 >> >> I think I'm going with xautolock and either vlock or xlockmore. =A0It >> looks like there isn't an init.d script for xautolock. =A0What is the >> best way to run it automatically in Gentoo? >> >> Is there a keyboard shortcut to trigger xautolock? >> >> - Grant >> > > Grant, I run it among the startup scripts of my window manager. You could > also put it ~/.xinitrc, but I don't think you can start it before your X > server is up and running. =A0If your wm has a keyboard shortcut config, i= t > would be simple to bind it to a key, as well. =A0HTH. > > Terry Thanks, I finally rebooted my laptop and putting xautolock in the XFCE4 session settings works great. - Grant