Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2016 15:37:05 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: "Brandon J. Wandersee" <brandon.wandersee@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Simple devd.conf rule has no effect Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1604061523060.39687@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <86fuuywldn.fsf@WorkBox.Home> References: <86fuuywldn.fsf@WorkBox.Home>
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On Wed, 6 Apr 2016, Brandon J. Wandersee wrote:
>
> Hi, folks. I'm trying to get my laptop screen to lock when the lid
> closes, using x11/slock. I've created the file /etc/devd/lidlock.conf
> with the following rule:
>
> | notify 0 {
> | match "system" "ACPI";
> | match "subsystem" "Lid";
> | match "notify" "0x00";
> | action "/usr/local/bin/slock";
> | };
>
> This is really just a slight variation on the example from the
> devd.conf(5) man page. Now when I close the lid, the screen fails to
> lock, yet /var/log/messages displays the message "devd: Executing
> 'slock'". Any advice on what to look into to figure out why the program
> is not actually executed? Thanks in advace.
devd(8) stuff runs as root, I think. So it probably does not have
$DISPLAY set. Maybe use su to switch to the normal X user and execute
the command:
su -l xusername -c 'setenv DISPLAY :0.0 && /usr/local/bin/slock'
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