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On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 10:10:45AM -0800, Grant wrote: |
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> [snip] |
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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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> > |
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> > Terry |
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> I think I'm going with xautolock and either vlock or xlockmore. It |
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> looks like there isn't an init.d script for xautolock. What is the |
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> best way to run it automatically in Gentoo? |
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> Is there a keyboard shortcut to trigger xautolock? |
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> - Grant |
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Grant, I run it among the startup scripts of my window manager. You could |
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also put it ~/.xinitrc, but I don't think you can start it before your X |
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server is up and running. If your wm has a keyboard shortcut config, it |
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would be simple to bind it to a key, as well. HTH. |
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Terry |
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