[arch-general] community/vlock vs core/kbd vlock

Øyvind Heggstad mrelendig at har-ikkje.net
Fri Jan 25 10:42:14 EST 2013


On Thu, 24 Jan 2013 23:21:23 +0100
Fredrik Eriksson <erif-archlinux-general at z42.net> wrote:

> Hi, 
> 
> I used to rely on xautolock + community/vlock for locking my X
> session, core/kbd however removed community/vlock in favor of its own
> vlock which lack the functionality I need. Besides -a
> 
>        -a,--all
> 
>               Lock all console sessions and disable VC switching.
> 
> not working
> 
>   This tty (pts/5) is not a virtual console.
>   The entire console display cannot be locked.
> 
> I also used -n and -s
> 
>        -n,--new
> 
>               Switch to a new virtual console before locking all
> console sessions.
> 
>        -s,--disable-sysrq
> 
>               Disable  the  SysRq  mechanism  while  consoles are
> locked. This option only works if the -a,--all option given.
> 
> that the new vlock is lacking.
> 
> 
> Not wanting to revert to slock I reworked community/vlock into my
> system in a foul manner I'm not going to mention here.
> 
> I've also read
> 
>   https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/33134
>   http://www.spinics.net/lists/util-linux-ng/msg07153.html
>   https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=156308
>   http://forums.fedoraforum.org/archive/index.php/t-203953.html   :D
> 
> 
> I'm not sure what my question should be, really, but I would like to
> be able to use the 2.2.3 functionality (-ans) without having an ugly
> hacky setup.
> 
> 
> Regards,

Make a package for the "old" vlock or get upstream to impliment the
features in the one in kbd. (vlock with some extra patches is in aur
btw)


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