Locking the screen

[Matt Thompson]

EC wrote:
> On Sat, 24 Dec 2005 09:45:41 +0000
> Peter Humphrey <prh at gotadsl.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> 
>>That seems like an awful lot of overkill just to blank the screen. Even 
>>specifying 'USE="-jpeg -nls -opengl" emerge -pv xscreensaver' only omits 
>>gle. Is there a lighter way to blank the screen?
> 
> 
> It's not that bad, xscreensaver has some wide-ranging capabilities.
> But if you have no interest in fancy gl screen savers or the like look
> at xlock (more) as was previously suggested.
> http://packages.gentoo.org/packages/?category=x11-misc;name=xlockmore
> 
> It does not have the client-server model of xscreensaver, just run
> xlock and your screen will be password locked.

Don't forget about xautolock.  It is what you can use to provide 
automatic locking after an elapsed time or by resting your mouse pointer 
in a corner.  I believe it uses Xresources like xlockmore, so you'll 
already be ready.

Matt

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