Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 20:59:41 +0000 From: utisoft@googlemail.com To: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com>, "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Re: Automatic screen lock when leaving desk Message-ID: <0016365ede6ea6be4a046eb0b7c3@google.com> In-Reply-To: <20090714204318.GC1832@kokopelli.hydra>
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On 14 Jul 2009 21:43, Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> wrote: > On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 05:32:01PM +0200, Frederique Rijsdijk wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm looking for a way to automaticaly lock my X session when I leave my > > desk. Probably just using 'xlockmore -mode blank' or such. But how to > > detect? > Why does it have to be automatic? Something like xlockmore or slock can > be tied to a keyboard shortcut, such as ++. If for some > reason you require automatic locking, though, you could perhaps set up > some kind of Bluetooth connection detection if you have a Bluetooth > enabled cellphone in your pocket (or something else that would work as a > Bluetooth token) and if your computer has the right hardware. I imagine > writing a daemon in Perl or Ruby that checks for loss of a Bluetooth > connection would be easier than getting Bluetooth working in the first > place might be, depending on the state of Bluetooth support in FreeBSD. > I'm not really well-versed in the ephemera of what is used to determine > "inactivity" on a computer, but if it's reasonably easy (or if there's a > Perl module for it), that seems like the obvious way to handle it -- > though of course that may present problems, such as false positives on > detecting "inactivity" when watching a movie on the computer or something > like that. Although it would ravish your cellphone's battery.... Chris
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