Re: SOLVED: Is invoking the -locker option of xautolock to run a script known? Could I be helped with an xautolock code line please?

2021-06-16 Thread Susmita/Rajib
My dear illustrious List leaders and senior members. I wanted to know if the line [quote] xautolock -time 1 -locker "./ssvr.sh" [/quote] is creating forks/multiple instances of the bash shell running the ssvr.sh script. If it does, how to eradicate the fork? How to manipulate the l

SOLVED: Is invoking the -locker option of xautolock to run a script known? Could I be helped with an xautolock code line please?

2021-06-13 Thread Susmita/Rajib
And CLOSED. Not very complicated, it appears. The line is: xautolock -time 1 -locker "./ssvr.sh" Thank you for your support. Best. RKB Etc.

Re: Is invoking the -locker option of xautolock to run a script known? Could I be helped with an xautolock code line please?

2021-06-13 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Sun, Jun 13, 2021 at 09:39:24AM -0400, The Wanderer wrote: > If I'm parsing your rephrasing of the problem statement correctly, > couldn't this be addressed by having the script spawn an xterm or > similar and run the needed command(s) - perhaps in the form of another > script - within that?

Re: Is invoking the -locker option of xautolock to run a script known? Could I be helped with an xautolock code line please?

2021-06-13 Thread Susmita/Rajib
Solved. Not very complicated, it appears. The line is: xautolock -time 1 -locker "./ssvr.sh" Thank you for your support. Best. RKB Etc.

Re: Is invoking the -locker option of xautolock to run a script known? Could I be helped with an xautolock code line please?

2021-06-13 Thread The Wanderer
On 2021-06-13 at 09:14, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Sun, Jun 13, 2021 at 06:10:23PM +0530, Susmita/Rajib wrote: > >> But I need to run the script file with xautolock. > > So, let me see if I understand you. You rambled so much that it's > really not clear what you're asking

Re: Is invoking the -locker option of xautolock to run a script known? Could I be helped with an xautolock code line please?

2021-06-13 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Sun, Jun 13, 2021 at 05:05:55PM +0530, Susmita/Rajib wrote: > #!/bin/bash > expr $(( i = i + 1 )) Try one of these alternatives: i=$((i + 1)) # This one also works in sh. ((i = i + 1)) # These two are bashisms. ((i++)) > echo "Ending..." > echo i Pretty sure you intended this to be

Re: Is invoking the -locker option of xautolock to run a script known? Could I be helped with an xautolock code line please?

2021-06-13 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Sun, Jun 13, 2021 at 06:10:23PM +0530, Susmita/Rajib wrote: > But I need to run the script file with xautolock. So, let me see if I understand you. You rambled so much that it's really not clear what you're asking. But if I'm reading this sentence right, you have a shell script that requi

Re: Is invoking the -locker option of xautolock to run a script known? Could I be helped with an xautolock code line please?

2021-06-13 Thread Susmita/Rajib
m ..." I could invoke this line and have my objective fulfilled: xautolock -time 1 -locker "xset dpms force off" But I need to run the script file with xautolock. Best wishes. RKB

Is invoking the -locker option of xautolock to run a script known? Could I be helped with an xautolock code line please?

2021-06-13 Thread Susmita/Rajib
Namaste, my illustrious Team Leaders and Senior programming wizards, Hope that the 2nd wave of Covid has not been able to dampen our enthusiasm, and that all are safe from the virus and well. But the loss of life and employment of many of my fellow countrymen saddens me a great deal. I have one

Re: xautolock does nothing...

2009-06-13 Thread s. keeling
Tony Baldwin photodha...@gmail.com: I have xautolock and slock installed, and have tried to use this: xautolock -time 5 -locker slock for those times I walk away and forget to engage slock. But it doesn't work. Any idea why? No, but I can offer a solution. Try xscreensaver (and related

Re: xautolock does nothing...

2009-06-13 Thread Xavier Maillard
On Sat, 13 Jun 2009 18:36 +, s. keeling keel...@nucleus.com wrote: Tony Baldwin photodha...@gmail.com: I have xautolock and slock installed, and have tried to use this: xautolock -time 5 -locker slock for those times I walk away and forget to engage slock. But it doesn't work

Re: xautolock does nothing...

2009-06-13 Thread Xavier Maillard
At Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:56:07 -0400, Tony Baldwin wrote: I have xautolock and slock installed, and have tried to use this: xautolock -time 5 -locker slock for those times I walk away and forget to engage slock. But it doesn't work. Any idea why? Stupid question but are you sure slock

xautolock does nothing...

2009-06-12 Thread Tony Baldwin
I have xautolock and slock installed, and have tried to use this: xautolock -time 5 -locker slock for those times I walk away and forget to engage slock. But it doesn't work. Any idea why? I swear, it's on: t...@deathstar:~$ ps aux | grep xautolock tony 18390 0.0 0.0 2944 1044 pts/0

xautolock per default an

2002-10-29 Thread Bernd Menzel
Hi, Ich habe da nochmal eine Frage. Ich verwendet icewm als Windowsmanager und bin auch sehr zu frienden damit. Nun wollte ich, das xautolock per default bei jeden User aktiv ist. Wo muß ich diese Zeile eintragen? xautolock -time 5 -locker xlock -mode bat Kann ich dies auch irgendwie in /etc

Re: xautolock per default an

2002-10-29 Thread Bernd Menzel
Hi, On Tue, Oct 29, 2002 at 12:39:01PM +0100, Bernd Menzel wrote: Wo muß ich diese Zeile eintragen? xautolock -time 5 -locker xlock -mode bat Kann ich dies auch irgendwie in /etc/X11/Xsession.d/ anlegen? Ich hab's gelöst. Einfach eine Datei mit dem Namen 95XFree86_autolock_start im

Re: mutt, xlock, xautolock problems

1998-05-05 Thread jdassen
On Mon, May 04, 1998 at 10:39:08AM +0200, Christian T. Steigies wrote: I have installed mutt (0.91.1-4) on i386 and have experienced some strange colors, which make most of the mails (citations) unreadable. Mostly fixed in -5; fully fixed in -6 (which I'll upload in a few minutes). HTH, Ray

mutt, xlock, xautolock problems

1998-05-04 Thread Christian T. Steigies
it to make it readable? Shall I upload the m68k version? xlockmore (4.09-3)/xautolock(pl11-2): I have put this into my init-hook (fvwm2) xautolock -time 1 -locker xlock -mode random -corners -cornerdelay 1 which is supposed to lock my display. It does so, but very often it unlocks

xautolock trouble

1997-11-07 Thread Paul Miller
Ever since the latest updates of xautolock and xscreensaver, my screen saver (xautolock) has not been executing -- neither by timeout or a corner.. I double checked the command line parameters and permissions on xlock, and the're all correct.. anyone know what could be wrong? Thanks, -Paul

Re: No DPMS with xdm and xautolock?

1997-10-15 Thread Torsten Hilbrich
when either running xautolock or when at the xdm login screen. Does anyone know why this is happening, and what I should do to enable DPMS powersaving for the xdm login and when running a screensaver? xlock disables the screen saver by default. You can use the -enablesaver option to override

Re: xautolock not working for me

1997-08-11 Thread Torsten Hilbrich
James D. Freels [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I just discovered that xautolock is no longer working for me. I immediately get an segmentation fault when executed. I suspect this started to occur when I upgraded to 1.3.1 from 1.3.0 using the newer version of Xfree86_3.3. Can anyone else confirm

xautolock not working for me

1997-08-08 Thread James D. Freels
I just discovered that xautolock is no longer working for me. I immediately get an segmentation fault when executed. I suspect this started to occur when I upgraded to 1.3.1 from 1.3.0 using the newer version of Xfree86_3.3. Can anyone else confirm this before I file a bug report? I also

xautolock

1997-04-24 Thread Jim Smith
I just installed xautolock and wish it to come up when X is started. Seems like the command should be in .xinitrc, but this dummy is having trouble even finding that file. any ideas? Thanks, Jim -- Debian Linux! Where I REALLY went today! Jim Smith

Re: xautolock

1997-04-24 Thread Rob Browning
Jim Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I just installed xautolock and wish it to come up when X is started. Seems like the command should be in .xinitrc, but this dummy is having trouble even finding that file. any ideas? Well, if you're talking about it launching whenever you log in, yes

Re: How do I make xautolock run all the time?

1996-11-13 Thread Philippe Troin
On Tue, 12 Nov 1996 08:18:24 EST Kevin McEnhill ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Howdy, I have xautolock and xlock and I am tring to get xautolock to restart after xlock finishes. Should I do this in a shell script or is there a way to deamonize xautolock? Xautolock should ``daemonize'' itself

How do I make xautolock run all the time?

1996-11-12 Thread Kevin McEnhill
Howdy, I have xautolock and xlock and I am tring to get xautolock to restart after xlock finishes. Should I do this in a shell script or is there a way to deamonize xautolock? TIA -- Signature deleted for lack of anything witty or thoughtful to say Kevin McEnhill [EMAIL PROTECTED] Machintosh