changing 'Lock Screen' program

Eduardo911 · 01-09-2004, 03:25 PM

ok, dumb question that i'm sure i know the answer but i'm blanking on it. i have a working mandrake 9.2 install and xscreensaver set up and working fine. if i go idle it kicks on, etc. what i'm wondering is how to change the Lock Screen in the K menu so that it runs xscreensaver-command instead of running xlock. cuz it tries to run the default kde screensaver the way it is.

i know this isn't hard and frankly i'm embarassed to be asking. but any help much appreciated on this one, my brain is fried. =)

magellanic · 01-09-2004, 06:19 PM

KDE launches the following command when you click Lock Screen:
/opt/kde/bin/kdesktop_lock

First you have to become root by typing su followed by your root password.
Enter the directory by typing cd /opt/kde/bin.
Backup the existing executable by renaming it to something else mv kdesktop_lock kdesktop_lock_old.
Using you favourite text editor enter the following script and save it as kdesktop_lock:
#!/bin/bash
xscreensaver-command -lock

Now when clicking on the Lock Screen button this new script should be run instead of the KDE Screensaver.

Eduardo911 · 01-11-2004, 01:54 PM

that did it, thanks. except i'll say for anyone who searches this later, on my build for whatever reason the file was /usr/bin/kdesktop_lock