Package: screen
Version: 4.0.3-9
Severity: wishlist
Tags: upstream
I've been (ab)using the :idle handler to lock my screen, similar to
X's xscreensaver or xautolock + xlockmore:
idle 1800 lockscreen # "screensaver" lockout
I'd like to set this timeout to be much shorter (say, two minutes), so
that if I step away from my desk for a meeting, there's a smaller
attack window. The problem with this is that if I'm looking at a
printout, the idle handler will trip and lock the screen even though
I'm really using it, meaning I have a disruptive period of typing in
my login and session passwords.
Xscreensaver (and others) solve this by having two timeouts --
initially it will blank the screen (without locking it), and then
after a further period of inactivity, it will lock the screen:
# ~/.xscreensaver -*- conf -*-
mode: blank
lock: true
splash: false
fade: false
timeout: 2
lockTimeout: 1
That way, I notice when the screen blanks, and I tap a key to wake it
up, without having to go through the password prompt.
I'd like this functionality for Screen. I guess it can be implemented
most easily by adding support for multiple idle handlers. The syntax
would be similar to backticks:
idle [number] <timeout> [command]
With number being 0 if not supplied (thereby retaining backwards
compatibility). For example,
idle 0 120 blanker
idle 1 180 lockscreen
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (990, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.25-2-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_AU.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages screen depends on:
ii libc6 2.7-10 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libncursesw5 5.6+20080308-1 Shared libraries for terminal hand
ii libpam0g 0.99.7.1-6 Pluggable Authentication Modules l
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