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jt1122

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Registered: 2021-03-26

Posts: 250

Using i3lock

Hi,

How do I set i3lock as the screen-lock app?.
My setup currently uses light-locker.

Thanks.

jt1122

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Registered: 2021-03-26

Posts: 250

Re: Using i3lock

I'll revise the question: how do I set which screen lock app xfce uses?.

ToZ

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Registered: 2011-06-02

Posts: 11,493

Re: Using i3lock

If you are using xflock4 (via xfce4-power-manager & xfce4-session), then you can set  LockCommand. From "more /usr/bin/xflock4":

# First test for the command set in the session's xfconf channel
LOCK_CMD=$(xfconf-query -c xfce4-session -p /general/LockCommand)

# Lock by xscreensaver or gnome-screensaver, if a respective daemon is running
for lock_cmd in \
    "$LOCK_CMD" \
    "xfce4-screensaver-command --lock" \
    "xscreensaver-command -lock" \
    "gnome-screensaver-command --lock"
do
    if [ ! -z "$lock_cmd" ]; then
        $lock_cmd >/dev/null 2>&1 && exit
    fi
done

To set LockCommand, you would:

xfconf-query -c xfce4-session -p /general/LockCommand -t string -s i3lock --create

If you are using the whiskermenu or a keyboard shortcut, make sure they point to i3lock.

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jt1122

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Registered: 2021-03-26

Posts: 250

Re: Using i3lock

Thanks.