[gentoo-user] Re: escape from i3lock

I guess you are using xorg. man xorg says that there is an option in  
serverflags section which disables this functionality.
Option "DontVTSwitch" "boolean"
So you could add a section into xorg.conf or xorg.conf.d/

Artur

Ian Zimmerman writes:

> On 2019-07-10 20:44, François-Xavier CARTON wrote:
>
> > On 7/10/19 7:03 PM, Ian Zimmerman wrote:
> > > 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.
> > >
> >
> > Not a direct answer to your question, but as a workaround you can use
> > tmux sessions, and simply detach them and logout when you lock your
> > computer.
>
> I could also just log out directly :-)  It's not like I have some
> context in the shell that I want to keep.  It is just there when I want
> to be root.
>
> > Also, if this is just a shell to start the X server, you can launch it
> > as "startx & bg; disown" and then logout.
>
> No, it's my way to run things as root, in general.  I distrust su, sudo
> and friends.
>
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