Smallest lock for X?

Andre Müller andre.muller at web.de
Fri Jan 25 04:51:55 PST 2008


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Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
> How to take over the X so can't escape it?
> 
> I am looking for the smallest X lock implementation. xlockmore without GL, 
> TrueType, gtk, and XPM pixmaps is still over 1.2 MB. I don't want all its 
> features.  I just want to disable typing and pointer for any other X 
> clients until I authenticate for a "lock".
> 
> I have started looking at xlockmore code, but haven't found how it takes 
> over the X yet.
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> Or what is the smallest X lock?
the smallest one I know is slock.
It has no prompt or anything,
the tarball is a friendly 3.4k.
Works nicely here.
> 
> As for the screensaver, X's own built-in screensaver is good enough for 
> me. I just want a way to lock it too.
> 
>   Jeremy C. Reed
> 
> p.s. My four-year-old opened my laptop and started typing, moving, and 
> closing windows :)
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