Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 09:33:00 -0500 From: Roman Katsnelson <rkatsnel@globix.com> To: David Wolfskill <dhw@whistle.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: xlock Message-ID: <367FAD9C.1522EC10@globix.com> References: <199812212317.PAA18717@pau-amma.whistle.com>
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Yup, that's exactly what I need! Do you know if it will work under WindowMaker? Thanks! I'll try it sometime today... Roman David Wolfskill wrote: > > >Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 17:25:34 -0500 > >From: Roman Katsnelson <rkatsnel@globix.com> > > >Do you know of an xlock (or variation) exist such that it JUST locks the > >station, without a screen saver of anysort? > > Well, I'm not sure if this addresses your question or not.... > > I use tvtwm as my window manager (using a "virtual desktop" thaht is a > 3x3 array). I'm also in the habit of using xautolock. > > And I have found that only the portion of the virtual desktop that is in > the upper left-hand corner gets a pattern of any sort when xautolock > invokes xlock: on the other desktops, the screen is locked, but nothing > covers the images (which continue to update as appropriate). > > (Prompting for a password is, shall we say, "subtle".) > > Although this behavior might be surprising, I'm hesitant to accuse it of > being a bug, and (given my mainframe experience) can well imagine > environments in which such a facility might be quite useful indeed. > (Consider 3rd-shift operations staff, who might need to monitor the > progress of something, but who should not be changing things....) > > Does this resemble what you're asking about? > > david > -- > David Wolfskill UNIX System Administrator > dhw@whistle.com voice: (650) 577-7158 pager: (650) 371-4621 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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