How can I lock the screen via the shell?
System:
- Solaris 10
- GNOME desktop environment
For some reason Launch > Lock Screen does not work. A fix for that would also be much appreciated. Thank you.
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After reading @egorgry's answer, I tried xlock randomly. I figured xset worked, and lock is what I'm trying to achieve so why not try xlock? It worked!
So for future reference:
The xlock command locks your screen.
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does this solve the issue with locking from the gui? if you enable it in xset it should work from the gui too. I don't have solaris to play with right now. – egorgry Jul 14 '09 at 18:58
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Is the system using the gnome screen saver?
If it is then you can do this:
$ gnome-screensaver-command --lock
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use xset -q to see if locking is enabled or disabled. read the xset man to see how to change these settings. I hope this helps you.
egorgry
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