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Posted: June 29 2006,15:45 QUOTE

After installing dsl to my hard drive, I need to know how to lock up the desktop to keep the wrong people from using the box. Is there a screensaver function that will lock it? Or is there a keystroke that will do the same.
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Posted: June 29 2006,17:43 QUOTE

One thing you could do is create good passwords and log out when you're not around.

Another option is to install xscreensaver and set a password for it (i don't know if ctrl+alt+backspace will override it).

There might be a screen locking mechanism for DSL, but i haven't heard or seen anything about it.


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Posted: April 06 2007,08:57 QUOTE

there is xscreensaverGTK.dsl
it have funciotn u asking
and look: http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin....ensaver

and maybe someone can telme:
how to make xscreensavers daemon auto start
(what to write in bootlocal.sh) ?
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Posted: April 06 2007,14:33 QUOTE

xscreensaver won't run from bootlocal, since it is an X application. Start it from /home/dsl/.xinitrc instead. The command should be "xscreensaver &" or something very similar, and should be inserted above the "case $DESKTOP in" part.

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Posted: April 06 2007,16:03 QUOTE

I think xlock or something similar is needed to prevent the ctrl+alt+bksp sequence, though you could try to continuously run "startx" in a infinite loop.
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