Re: [qubes-users] Terminalcomman Lockscreen

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Jun 16, 2017, 6:34:44 PM6/16/17
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On Fri, Jun 09, 2017 at 08:16:21AM -0700, Finsh wrote:
> Hello,
> i want to create a shortcut with the windows-key to lock my screen, but therefore i guess i would have to know the terminal-command to lock the screen, which i dont know? is there a "library" ore something like that to search for the commands?
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> greetings
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Try 'xscreensaver-command -lock'?

Noor Christensen

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Jun 17, 2017, 2:44:44 PM6/17/17
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On Fri, Jun 09, 2017 at 08:16:21AM -0700, Finsh wrote:
> i want to create a shortcut with the windows-key to lock my screen,
> but therefore i guess i would have to know the terminal-command to
> lock the screen, which i dont know? is there a "library" ore something
> like that to search for the commands?

If you're just looking for a quick way to lock your screen, take a look at slock[0] or i3lock[1].

[0] http://tools.suckless.org/slock/
[1] https://i3wm.org/i3lock/

No dependencies, no xscreensaver required.

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