Lock console?
 

Without logging out, how do I lock the console and desktop? Is there a way?

thanks in advance

it dependes on what desktop you use
in gnome for example there a specil botton to do it,

I am using
 

KDE. I have looked at the logout button but I can only choose 'end session'

Also I have clicked on 'lock screen' but nothing happens

you can't lock your gui screen as root. u r not logged as root, right?

for the console, in text mode, use vlock.

man vlock

Which distro yuo r using?

vlock in not working.

"no manual entry for vlock".

And how come I must be logged in as root to lock, I do not want to mess about as root and in SUSE 7.2 the 'lock screen' is working fine without being logged in as root.

help!

thanks in advance

i said u can't lock the screen in GUI mode as root.

vlock might not be installed:

Searching for vlock (Red Hat Linux 8.0)...
CD-3:vlock-1.3-11.i386.rpm

Check ~/.xsession-errors (it means the file .xsession-errors in your home directory). It would most likely reflect the error messages encountered when you try to gui lock your system.

Born4linux, sorry about my misunderstanding.

I use SUSE 8.1 and SUSE 7.2, in 7.2 this works fine but in 8.1 it is not working at all.

the .xsession-errors file did not give me much clue. =(

thanks for trying to help..

xscreensaver-command -lock

should do the trick in GUI mode.

Flibble

If you are using either GNOME or KDE window manager, then the icon should be there, otherwise insert one.

Gigsvoo, the icon is there but its function is missing....

Flibble, xscreensaver-command -lock -none of this in any order worked. "command not found"

You seems do not installed xscreensaver package, install it and the problem should be solved.

Gigsvoo, I managed to install the xscreensaver, thanks a lot, but when I try to configure it I get some weird answers:

Xlib: connection to ":=:=" refused by server
Xlib: Invalid AUTHORIZATION-1 key (failed key comparison)
xscreensaver-command: can't open display :0

What does this mean. I run the man xscreensaver and tried to follow the instructions but whatever I do I get this answer..

Can you help again, please?

Try this:

# DISPLAY=<your ip>:0.0; export DISPLAY

then only run configure your xscreensaver. Normally you need to make sure xscreensaver daemon server starts during system bootup, try to reboot and see?