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 1S0f9i-0003HY-Ld for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 23 Feb 2012 20:20:47 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3C5EBE0EAD; Thu, 23 Feb 2012 20:20:12 +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 49CACE0EE2 for ; Thu, 23 Feb 2012 20:16:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: by eeke51 with SMTP id e51so647190eek.40 for ; Thu, 23 Feb 2012 12:16:35 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of emailgrant@gmail.com designates 10.213.15.209 as permitted sender) client-ip=10.213.15.209; Authentication-Results: mr.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of emailgrant@gmail.com designates 10.213.15.209 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=emailgrant@gmail.com; dkim=pass header.i=emailgrant@gmail.com Received: from mr.google.com ([10.213.15.209]) by 10.213.15.209 with SMTP id l17mr809365eba.147.1330028195623 (num_hops = 1); Thu, 23 Feb 2012 12:16:35 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=Rf5fj3RCa0rMAphN8eKp7A7BFQ8bfo8JlIcBaLxIVl0=; b=WwJ42Dxq0bhyWjOuSNNcTXM4d06nIbqaMCmireVs6YDVx+Oi9/XTtS1OqvMCpC9VND JUU00Tx0mVftdyd+quvSUfweqHzYriqdH0svVsrmrwXxrRrUGS3oS+f+C053R2hTwKMU zRU2N+s+V2J2WHprjp+3N2265GPYbkAt/Ppk4= 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 10.213.15.209 with SMTP id l17mr636600eba.147.1330028195513; Thu, 23 Feb 2012 12:16:35 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.213.113.148 with HTTP; Thu, 23 Feb 2012 12:16:35 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20120223205229.01a895c4@marcec.huntemann.uni-oldenburg.de> References: <20120220002615.GA10735@badass.gateway.2wire.net> <20120223205229.01a895c4@marcec.huntemann.uni-oldenburg.de> Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 12:16:35 -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: fa1235ad-9e02-4eba-9536-f165b34889f9 X-Archives-Hash: 323816c2872755a4d0e3e5270d0388ef >> [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? > > I start xautolock from my .xinitrc. > >> Is there a keyboard shortcut to trigger xautolock? > > No, you will need to configure your environment. I configured a shortcut = for my > window manager that executes "xautolock -locknow", but you could also pro= bably > use something like xbindkeys instead. Thanks Marc. - Grant