howto lock screen with awesome window manager [SOLVED]

poopship21 · 2009-10-20 01:43:47

screen locking (ie for privacy when away) is a ubiquitous feature of window managers that are integrated into desktop 'environments' like KDE or gnome. but what about for people like me who use awesome as a window manager? is there a tool to do this or do i need to switch to gnome?
TIA

Last edited by poopship21 (2009-11-26 16:34:00)

lucke · 2009-10-20 01:59:41

I think you can use xlockmore. xscreensaver also should have some locking support.

sctincman · 2009-10-20 02:00:03

I use xscreensaver, which functions as a screen locker.Suckless.org also has a screen locker, slock, but I haven't had a chance to really use it.

*david_a* · 2009-10-20 05:41:57

I have used xkeybind to assign a key combination to activating xscreensaver. I had to spend a bit of time getting it to work, since I had never used xkeybind before - but xscreensaver with an xkeybind trigger now works just fine for me in all situations, using a simple window manager without a desktop.

Lich · 2009-10-20 05:51:54

I will also recommend xscreensaver, simply because it has ways of letting you know when the screen is locked (it comes with a ton of screensavers to chose from). To lock using xscrensaver, do this:
1. Install xscreensaver (doh)
2. add "xscreensaver -no-splash &" to your $HOME/.xinitrc
3. Make a keybinding in Awesome that spawns "xscreensaver-command -lock". This will start the screensaver and ask for a password.

Suckess' slock is rather small, but all it does is blank the screen and wait for input. Input is not even echoed, you don't see anything, so you mightaswell have a locked box and not know it.

Isengrin · 2009-10-23 04:37:44

Lich wrote:

Suckess' slock is rather small, but all it does is blank the screen and wait for input. Input is not even echoed, you don't see anything, so you mightaswell have a locked box and not know it.

I recommend xtrlock (AUR). It does the same, but instead of a black screen, you look at the desktop and your cursor becomes a lock. XD
Usefull for when you want to see what is happening in some app.

poopship21 · 2009-11-26 16:33:44

hmm, both xtrlock and suckless sound perfect. thanks for the suggestions

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howto lock screen with awesome window manager [SOLVED]

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