From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Dec 22 07:20:26 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA02648 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 22 Dec 1998 07:20:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from guepardo.vicosa.com.br (guepardo.tdnet.com.br [200.236.148.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id HAA02643 for ; Tue, 22 Dec 1998 07:20:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grios@netshell.vicosa.com.br) Received: from netshell.vicosa.com.br [200.236.148.197] by guepardo.vicosa.com.br with ESMTP (SMTPD32-4.03) id AA63112400E0; Tue, 22 Dec 1998 12:27:31 +03d00 Message-ID: <367FB83A.4D3E64EA@netshell.vicosa.com.br> Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 13:18:18 -0200 From: Gustavo Vieira G C Rios X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win95; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Roman Katsnelson CC: David Wolfskill , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: xlock References: <199812212317.PAA18717@pau-amma.whistle.com> <367FAD9C.1522EC10@globix.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 > > > > >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 -- +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ " ... Overall we've found FreeBSD to excel in performace, stability, technical support, and of course price. Two years after discovering FreeBSD, we have yet to find a reason why we switch to anything else" -David Filo, Yahoo! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message