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timde9

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Registered: 2013-08-05

Posts: 15

any way to run script on Gnome lock screen activation?

I want to run a simple

 sudo -k 

when gnome lock screen is activated.  I usually lock my screen with the default 'Super + L' so my first instinct was to just map this command to that shortcut as well although it seems gnome will not allow two different shortcut actions to the same keys.

I know a while ago before the removal of gnome screensaver there was a way to do this however I am on the latest gnome 3.22 and cannot find anything on this topic.  Appreciate the input!

Trilby

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Re: any way to run script on Gnome lock screen activation?

If you can bind a shell command to the key, just run both commands: don't create two bindings, just one binding for both commands:

sudo -k; screenWhateverCommand

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timde9

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Registered: 2013-08-05

Posts: 15

Re: any way to run script on Gnome lock screen activation?

this is exactly my problem, after some thorough googling it appears there has not been a clearly documented way to execute the gnome lock screen from the command line since the removal of the gnome-screensaver.  just wondering if anyone has found a workaround to this?

*edit*
never mind it looks like the command was re-added and the information I was finding was outdated. thank you!  However I wish to know if it is possible to do something more complex now.  I have successfully established mounting an encrypted home partition on user login roughly following this wiki entry.

I wonder if I can now achieve the same effect when gnome lock screen is in effect, and I will post my findings.

Last edited by timde9 (2016-11-07 09:18:20)