Locking screen in Fluxbox
I downloaded and installed fluxbox, and was very much impressed by it. I also installed xbindkeys, and found that the combination was excellent.
Now, my problem is that I wan't to lock the screen, but there is no option for it in fluxbox menu. How do I lock the screen in fluxbox.:confused: As an aside, is it possible to include icons in the taskbar of fluxbox? Thanx for any help or pointers. |
Add the following to your ~/.fluxbox/menu file
[submenu] (Screen Savers) [exec] (Flame) {xlock -mode flame} [exec] (Pyro) {xlock -mode pyro} [exec] (Swarm) {xlock -mode swarm} [exec] (Qix) {xlock -mode qix} [exec] (Rotor) {xlock -mode rotor} [exec] (Worms) {xlock -mode worm} [exec] (Blank) {xlock -mode blank} [exec] ( ) { } [exec] (Bubble) {xlock -mode bubble} [exec] (Clock) {xlock -mode clock} [exec] (Crystal) {xlock -mode crystal} [exec] (Dclock) {xlock -mode dclock} [exec] (Drift) {xlock -mode drift} [exec] (Helix) {xlock -mode helix} [exec] (Marquee) {xlock -mode marquee} [exec] (Solitare) {xlock -mode solitare} [exec] (Sphere) {xlock -mode sphere} [exec] (Star) {xlock -mode star} [exec] (Tube) {xlock -mode tube} [exec] (Wator) {xlock -mode wator} [exec] (Wire) {xlock -mode wire} [end] |
Thanks, that worked wonderfully.
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fluxbox xlock
Hi UltimaGuy!
I read your thread about locking screen in fluxbox aud the helpful answer. By the way, I have xscreensaver installed on RH9 (2.4.20-8) which worked under kde and gnome but not with fluxbox which I prefere. Question: where do you get xlock from? Has xlock anything to do with xbindkeys (I belive not!). thanks for your answer! |
I'm not UltimaGuy, but I play one on LQ. Here's the one I downloaded, though there's different versions.
http://www.tux.org/~bagleyd/xlockmore.html |
start xbindkeys at x-startup
thanks for your comment!
I sucessfully installed xlockmore-5.02 and xbindkeys-1.7.1. Now I can easily lock my screen and open various allps through a keyboard shortcut, very helpful!! Did anyone know how to start xbindkeys durind X-startup? the entry 'xbindkeys' within the file ~/.xsession doesn't work! (belive I start my fluxbox with startx at text login - mean at runlevel 3 on RH9 box) ...and how can I direct verbose output to a log file?? sample of my ~/.xbindkeysrc Code:
# start konqueror Documentation is like sex: when it is good, it is very, very good; and when it is bad, it is better than nothing. -- Dick Brandon |
No problem. Not familiar with xbindkeys or RH but if you use startx the ~/.xinitrc file is generally what you want. As far as redirecting to a file, check out 'man bash', '/redirection'.
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