Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 13:18:18 -0200 From: Gustavo Vieira G C Rios <grios@netshell.vicosa.com.br> To: Roman Katsnelson <rkatsnel@globix.com> Cc: David Wolfskill <dhw@whistle.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: xlock Message-ID: <367FB83A.4D3E64EA@netshell.vicosa.com.br> References: <199812212317.PAA18717@pau-amma.whistle.com> <367FAD9C.1522EC10@globix.com>
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it work well, don't worry.
Roman Katsnelson wrote:
>
> 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
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