Questions tagged [xlock]
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What is the command to lock the X screen without blanking the display?
Years ago (decades?), I used a command that turned the mouse into a padlock icon and prevented clicking or typing, but you could still see the programs that were running. You could blindly type your password and it would unlock.
This was useful for…
KJ7LNW
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xss-lock turns the screen black before running the lockscreen script
In my i3 config I have this line to lock the screen using i3lock.
exec --no-startup-id xss-lock --transfer-sleep-lock -- ~/scripts/lockscreen.sh
The script checks if I am watching YouTube or something like that and skips the lock-screen if so, and…
Mohamed Wafy
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Whats wrong with my xlock?
When I type xlock and press return key, I am getting the following error:
Unknown mode: xlock: bad command line option "swarm"
What should I do? I just need the basic xlock screen locking functionality.
Lazer
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Can't unlock locked screen, in Ubuntu 12
After locking the screen (with a keystroke bound to xlock -nice 8 -mode blank), I can unlock the screen as expected, but only within a few minutes.
After being locked overnight, when I hit a key (even Ctrl+Alt combos), the screen stays black with…
Camille Goudeseune
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Run xlock after coming back from pm-suspend
I'm using Slackware 13 on my notebook, and I'm using pm-suspend to have a faster boot up. I'd like to have it run xlock after bringing it back from suspend, is it possible?
liewl
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GUI can't start while redhat6 is lcoked
We are on redhat6. I've got the command line to start a GUI which I want to be run before I come in for the day, so that my working setup is loaded by that time (sadly I've no control over the fact that this has to be done every day).
When I test…
