Re: [gentoo-user] screen locker

[Grant]

>> [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 mode.
>> > For another, you can specify another program as a 'killer' such as a suspend
>> > 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.  It
>> looks like there isn't an init.d script for xautolock.  What 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 probably
> use something like xbindkeys instead.

Thanks Marc.

- Grant