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http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/

X-windows locking

• 2009-07-19 - 5.08 on Unity Linux 0.99-alpha1, updated 2009-07-18.

• 2009-04-18 - 5.03 on PCLinuxOS 2007, probably updated 2009-04.

Use ∞

Start it up by editing Xsession.

• In the olden days, I made a bbkeys hotkey. See .bbkeysrc

• I now put it in my Openbox shortcut

Start this program:

\xscreensaver  -no-splash

Lock the screen:

\xscreensaver-command  -lock

2009-07-19 - 5.08 ∞

Seems to work just fine.

2009-04-18 - 5.03 ∞

• When blanked, some things can still show through:

  • Firefox "download complete" in the tray
    -- I ended up disabling this popup notification (browser.download.manager.showAlertOnComplete;false)
  • A Thunderbird "new mail" tray message (from some addon I don't use any more)
    -- I ended up dropping Thunderbird for Claws Mail.