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Topic: screensaver without changing the screen, locking out the keyboard and mouse

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robc

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Posted: July 16 2007,19:43

I want to be able to use a screensaver, like xscreensaver, that requires a password to get out of it but I don't want it to change the screen. I want to be able to see what the computer is doing but not have the function of the mouse/keyboard unless I type in a password.

I'm not sure if this is the right place to put this thread but what I am looking for is similar to a screensaver.

Does anyone have any ideas on how to do this or know of any commands or programs that have this ability?

curaga

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Posted: July 17 2007,08:23

Well, there is one for console, vlock, but you seem to want one for X..

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Posted: July 17 2007,15:06

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I want to be able to see what the computer is doing but not have the function of the mouse/keyboard unless I type in a password.

Wouldn't that... not work?

Anyways, there's xscreensaver (as you mentioned).. and xlock..
I'm not too sure what you're looking for.

robc

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Posted: July 17 2007,19:57

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Wouldn't that... not work?

lol....you have a point there

I guess I should be more thorough in my explanation:

When this program is running, all mouse and keyboard events will not be recognized by any programs besides itself. Once an event is generated then a window will pop up prompting to enter a password and mouse/keyboard functions will still only be available to itself. If a password is not entered in a certain amount of time then the window will close and go back to where it started (where this explanation started). If a password is entered then the window will close and the mouse/keyboard are free to use normally. After another certain (different?) amount of time where no mouse/keyboard events were produced then it returns to the state at the beginning of this explanation.

basically its just a locker for x

Huh, after explaining it that way I may be able to just write a script file to do this??

anyway, i looked into xscreensaver and xlock, but couldnt figure out a way for them not to either run a screensaver or turn the screen blank.

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Posted: July 18 2007,00:10

Perhaps asking in xscreensaver or related sites might yield better results?

Afaik xscreensaver draws a virtual root window over everything... maybe there is a hack to mirror the actual desktop. Do you have a specific thing you want to view? Or you could set it up to take timed screenshots of your current desktop... (not sure about video).

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