Description
xss-lock hooks up your favorite locker to the MIT screen saver extension for X and also to systemd's login manager. The locker is executed in response to events from these two sources:
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X signals when screen saver activation is forced or after a period of user inactivity (as set with
xset s TIMEOUT). In the latter case, the notifier command, if specified, is executed first. -
The login manager can also request that the session be locked; as a result of
loginctl lock-sessions, for example. Additionally, xss-lock uses the inhibition logic to lock the screen before the system goes to sleep.
xss-lock waits for the locker to exit -- or kills it when screen saver deactivation or session unlocking is forced -- so the command should not fork.
Also, xss-lock manages the idle hint on the login session. The idle state of the session is directly linked to user activity as reported by X (except when the notifier runs before locking the screen). When all sessions are idle, the login manager can take action (such as suspending the system) after a preconfigured delay.
Installation Instructions
Instructions not filled in by author. Author knows what to do. Everybody else should avoid this repo.
Active Releases
The following unofficial repositories are provided as-is by owner of this project. Contact the owner directly for bugs or issues (IE: not bugzilla).
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Fedora 39
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x86_64 (4)* | Fedora 39 (0 downloads) |
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Fedora 40
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x86_64 (0)* | Fedora 40 (13 downloads) |
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Fedora 41
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x86_64 (0)* | Fedora 41 (3 downloads) |
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Fedora rawhide
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x86_64 (16)* | Fedora rawhide (28 downloads) |
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