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On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 07:15:17PM -0500, Joshua Murphy wrote: |
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> On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 3:35 PM, Grant <emailgrant@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > Has anyone found a screen locker they like? I'd like to move away |
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> > from xscreensaver. It seems bloated plus it isn't working right for |
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> > me anymore. |
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> > |
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> > slimlock looks interesting but the ebuild in the miramir overlay fails with: |
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> > |
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> > !!! Fetched file: slimlock-9999.tar.gz VERIFY FAILED! |
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> > !!! Reason: Filesize does not match recorded size |
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> > !!! Got: 21746 |
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> > !!! Expected: 21479 |
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> > |
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> > and the comments in this bug aren't encouraging: |
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> > |
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> > https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=366405 |
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> > |
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> > - Grant |
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> > |
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> I find I like slock, though it's possibly a bit excessively on the |
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> 'minimalist' side for many people. Flat blanked screen, just type the |
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> user's password and hit enter to unlock... there's no visual cues at |
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> all. It also doesn't auto-enable on a timer by itself. |
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> |
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> -- |
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> Poison [BLX] |
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> Joshua M. Murphy |
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I've been using xautolock for years and years. What's good about it is you |
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can have any 'locker' you want. For now, I'm using feh in slideshow mode. |
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For another, you can specify another program as a 'killer' such as a suspend |
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or hibernate script. However, for a traditional ss, I have been using xlock |
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forever - many more modes than xscreensaver, and just a simple binary to |
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worry about. |
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Terry |
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