Additional Information

Built and configured using slock-flexipatch

Patches included:

• blur_pixelated_screen

  • sets the lockscreen picture to a blured or pixelated screenshot

• dpms

  • interacts with the Display Power Signaling and automatically shuts down the monitor after a configurable amount of seconds
  • the monitor will automatically be activated by pressing a key or moving the mouse and the password can be entered then

Original README

slock - simple screen locker
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simple screen locker utility for X.


Requirements
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In order to build slock you need the Xlib header files.


Installation
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Edit config.mk to match your local setup (slock is installed into
the /usr/local namespace by default).

Afterwards enter the following command to build and install slock
(if necessary as root):

    make clean install


Running slock
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Simply invoke the 'slock' command. To get out of it, enter your password.