[Solved] How to change lock program to xtrlock?

johnywhy · 2018-08-04 18:37:15

i installed xtrlock. Works great!
How can i set xfce "Lock" feature to use xtrlock instead of Light Locker?

thx

Last edited by johnywhy (2018-08-05 00:55:20)

ToZ · 2018-08-04 18:48:16

If you are using xfce4-session 4.13, then:

xfconf-query -c xfce4-session -p /general/LockCommand -s "xtrlock" --create -t string

...assuming "xtrlock" is the actual command. Replace if required.

If earlier version, you'll need to manually edit the xflock4 script to include the option.

johnywhy · 2018-08-04 19:16:26

i get:

Failed to init libxfconf: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.

THX

ToZ · 2018-08-04 20:23:55

Is xfconfd not running?

ps -ef | grep xfconfd

Also make sure that you are running that command in your user profile, not as root.

johnywhy · 2018-08-04 21:08:30

ToZ wrote:

Is xfconfd not running?

# ps -ef | grep xfconfd
johny     1242  1088  0 14:04 ?        00:00:00 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/xfce4/xfconf/xfconfd
root      2050  1983  0 14:06 pts/0    00:00:00 grep --color=auto xfconfd

Also make sure that you are running that command in your user profile, not as root.

failed both ways.

- when run as root, Received the error .
- when run as local user, no error, but the Lock Screen option on Action menu does nothing.

Last edited by johnywhy (2018-08-04 21:10:58)

ToZ · 2018-08-04 21:13:17

Don't run as root - run command as johny.

What version of xfce4-session?

xfce4-session -V | head -1

johnywhy · 2018-08-04 21:25:35

ah, i guess that's the issue. I didn't have `xfce4-about` installed, so i wasn't sure how to check version. I guess `xfce4-session -V` gives xfce version, correct?

$ xfce4-session -V | head -1
xfce4-session 4.12.1 (Xfce 4.12)

so i need to edit /usr/bin/xflock? Looking at it, not sure where to put xtrlock.

THX

ToZ · 2018-08-04 21:54:33

Change this section:

for lock_cmd in \
    "xscreensaver-command -lock" \
    "gnome-screensaver-command --lock"
do
    $lock_cmd >/dev/null 2>&1 && exit
done

...to read:

for lock_cmd in \
    "xtrlock" \
    "xscreensaver-command -lock" \
    "gnome-screensaver-command --lock"
do
    $lock_cmd >/dev/null 2>&1 && exit
done

Understand that the file will get overwritten if xfce4-session is ever updated.

johnywhy · 2018-08-04 21:56:46

ToZ wrote:

the file will get overwritten if xfce4-session is ever updated.

What causes that?

ToZ · 2018-08-04 21:58:49

The action of updating the xfce4-session package will install all new files from the package. Since xflock4 is a file in the package, it will be overwritten.

ToZ · 2018-08-04 22:01:30

Another option, to avoid the overwrite, is to create the file /usr/local/bin/xflock4 with the following contents: https://git.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-session … ts/xflock4 and make the file executable.

It will be executed instead of /usr/bin/xflock4 and it supports the xfconf-query command that you ran in earlier (post #2).

johnywhy · 2018-08-04 22:20:54

ToZ wrote:

to avoid the overwrite, is to create the file /usr/local/bin/xflock4 with the following contents: https://git.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-session … ts/xflock4 and make the file executable.

awesome! But does not seem to work

in the file you linked, i assume i replace
"$LOCK_CMD" \

with
"xtrlock" \

correct? (Neither way works.)

any reason i can't just copy the default xflock4 into the local folder, instead of copying the file you linked? (Neither one works.)

THX

Last edited by johnywhy (2018-08-04 22:37:01)

ToZ · 2018-08-04 23:07:16

in the file you linked, i assume i replace
"$LOCK_CMD" \
with
"xtrlock" \
correct? (Neither way works.)

No. Leave the file as is.

What is the exact xtrlock command you use? From here, it looks like it is "xtrlock -b".

Can you post back the contents of /usr/bin/xflock4, /usr/local/bin/xflock4 as well as the results of the following:

ls -l /usr/local/bin/xflock4

...and:

xfconf-query -c xfce4-session -p /general/LockCommand

johnywhy · 2018-08-05 00:55:03

well i'm embarrassed. i was using ...bin/local...

all good

THX

Last edited by johnywhy (2018-08-05 00:55:42)

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