Re: [gentoo-user] screen locker
[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? Is there a keyboard shortcut to trigger xautolock? - Grant Grant, I run it among the startup scripts of my window manager. You could also put it ~/.xinitrc, but I don't think you can start it before your X server is up and running. If your wm has a keyboard shortcut config, it would be simple to bind it to a key, as well. HTH. Terry Thanks, I finally rebooted my laptop and putting xautolock in the XFCE4 session settings works great. - Grant
Re: [gentoo-user] screen locker
On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 10:10:45AM -0800, Grant wrote: [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? Is there a keyboard shortcut to trigger xautolock? - Grant Grant, I run it among the startup scripts of my window manager. You could also put it ~/.xinitrc, but I don't think you can start it before your X server is up and running. If your wm has a keyboard shortcut config, it would be simple to bind it to a key, as well. HTH. Terry
Re: [gentoo-user] screen locker
Am Thu, 23 Feb 2012 12:16:35 -0800 schrieb Grant emailgr...@gmail.com: [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 Late realisation: I should probably respond to this :) . So, you're welcome! -- Marc Joliet -- People who think they know everything really annoy those of us who know we don't - Bjarne Stroustrup signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] screen locker
[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? Is there a keyboard shortcut to trigger xautolock? - Grant
Re: [gentoo-user] screen locker
Am Thu, 23 Feb 2012 10:10:45 -0800 schrieb Grant emailgr...@gmail.com: [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. HTH -- Marc Joliet -- People who think they know everything really annoy those of us who know we don't - Bjarne Stroustrup signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] screen locker
[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
Re: [gentoo-user] screen locker
On Sun, 19 Feb 2012 12:35:19 -0800 Grant emailgr...@gmail.com wrote: Has anyone found a screen locker they like? I'd like to move away from xscreensaver. It seems bloated plus it isn't working right for me anymore. slimlock looks interesting but the ebuild in the miramir overlay fails with: !!! Fetched file: slimlock-.tar.gz VERIFY FAILED! !!! Reason: Filesize does not match recorded size !!! Got: 21746 !!! Expected: 21479 and the comments in this bug aren't encouraging: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=366405 - Grant Try building from the gentoo source instead of the overlay! -- Willie Matthews matthews.wil...@gmail.com
Re: [gentoo-user] screen locker
Has anyone found a screen locker they like? I'd like to move away from xscreensaver. It seems bloated plus it isn't working right for me anymore. slimlock looks interesting but the ebuild in the miramir overlay fails with: !!! Fetched file: slimlock-.tar.gz VERIFY FAILED! !!! Reason: Filesize does not match recorded size !!! Got: 21746 !!! Expected: 21479 and the comments in this bug aren't encouraging: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=366405 - Grant Try building from the gentoo source instead of the overlay! Ashamed though I am, I don't get it. Could you elaborate just a bit? Are you saying I should build it manually? - Grant
Re: [gentoo-user] screen locker
On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 3:35 PM, Grant emailgr...@gmail.com wrote: Has anyone found a screen locker they like? I'd like to move away from xscreensaver. It seems bloated plus it isn't working right for me anymore. slimlock looks interesting but the ebuild in the miramir overlay fails with: !!! Fetched file: slimlock-.tar.gz VERIFY FAILED! !!! Reason: Filesize does not match recorded size !!! Got: 21746 !!! Expected: 21479 and the comments in this bug aren't encouraging: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=366405 - Grant I find I like slock, though it's possibly a bit excessively on the 'minimalist' side for many people. Flat blanked screen, just type the user's password and hit enter to unlock... there's no visual cues at all. It also doesn't auto-enable on a timer by itself. -- Poison [BLX] Joshua M. Murphy
Re: [gentoo-user] screen locker
On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 07:15:17PM -0500, Joshua Murphy wrote: On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 3:35 PM, Grant emailgr...@gmail.com wrote: Has anyone found a screen locker they like? I'd like to move away from xscreensaver. It seems bloated plus it isn't working right for me anymore. slimlock looks interesting but the ebuild in the miramir overlay fails with: !!! Fetched file: slimlock-.tar.gz VERIFY FAILED! !!! Reason: Filesize does not match recorded size !!! Got: 21746 !!! Expected: 21479 and the comments in this bug aren't encouraging: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=366405 - Grant I find I like slock, though it's possibly a bit excessively on the 'minimalist' side for many people. Flat blanked screen, just type the user's password and hit enter to unlock... there's no visual cues at all. It also doesn't auto-enable on a timer by itself. -- Poison [BLX] Joshua M. Murphy 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
