[SOVLED]Xautolock help

Haptic · 2011-02-15 01:37:47

I found that leaving dwm idle for too long turns the screen black with no way of restoring (although it never suspends, it's like theres just a black sheet over the screen) unless I switch to a virutal console and switch back. I found xautolock through searching and found this post, https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 15#p785015, and follwed his directions. Unfortunately, it doesn't work. However, when I type 'xautolock' in the terminal, it spits out 'xautolock is already running (PID 918).' The corner function does not work either. What's going on?

Last edited by Haptic (2011-02-16 04:31:38)

skunktrader · 2011-02-15 01:51:03

If your machine has an intel graphics chip, you may be hitting this kernel bug which slipped through the cracks
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22672

Haptic · 2011-02-15 02:12:34

It is running through virtualbox, so I'd assume it is using intel graphics. What's that command that shows you your hardware?

skunktrader · 2011-02-15 02:14:28

If its running in virtualbox then the bug I posted is not relevant

Haptic · 2011-02-15 22:09:54

Is it normal for dwm to turn black after # minutes on default? If not, is this a virtualbox specific problem?

jasonwryan · 2011-02-15 22:51:08

No - dwm only does what you tell it to

Is there anything in you xorg log?

Haptic · 2011-02-15 23:55:24

I get this:

[    26.596] (II) (unnamed): On.
[  1973.594] (II) (unnamed): Off.
[  1979.496] (II) VBoxVideo(0): Requested monitor count: 1
[  1979.624] (II) (unnamed): On.
[  3045.333] (II) (unnamed): Off.
[  3053.282] (II) VBoxVideo(0): Requested monitor count: 1
[  3053.414] (II) (unnamed): On.
[  9971.785] (II) (unnamed): Off.
[  9982.533] (II) VBoxVideo(0): Requested monitor count: 1
[  9982.653] (II) (unnamed): On.

jasonwryan · 2011-02-16 00:16:12

You do have slock installed, right?

Haptic · 2011-02-16 03:47:52

jasonwryan wrote:

You do have slock installed, right?

.....no. -_-;

Now I do and it locks fine, but how do I get it to show some text? By luck, I found out you just need to enter your password, but the screen is completely black.

jasonwryan · 2011-02-16 03:56:19

Just start typing - it's suckless software

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[SOVLED]Xautolock help

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