Smallest lock for X?

Jesse W. Hathaway jesse at mbuki-mvuki.org
Fri Jan 25 04:31:16 PST 2008


Jeremy C. Reed:
> 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?

take a look at slock, distributed with dwm tools:

http://www.suckless.org

>
> 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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