Anyone had xlock acting up?

Meng Cheah meng-D1t3LT1mScs at public.gmane.org
Tue Jun 6 21:19:16 UTC 2006


Peter wrote:

>
> On Tue, 6 Jun 2006, Meng Cheah wrote:
>
>> I've just started to use xlock (xlockmore package on Debian Sarge).
>>
>> It occurred to me what if it messed up?
>> How do I recover?
>>
>> Has anyone had this experience or any suggestions?
>
>
> What is 'messed up' ? xlockmore has about a hundred options, you need 
> to get them right. I use it all the time (same config for about three 
> years now) and I have no problems.
>
> Depending on your X server settings you can 'zap' is using 
> Ctrl-Alt-Backspace, or switch to a text terminal (Ctrl-Alt-Fx), and 
> you can have several X sessions open on the same machine, and each 
> locked by its xlockmore.
>
> Peter

Thanks, Peter.

Just thinking ahead, what if?
Wanted some solutions/suggestions from experienced users.

It's working fine, I've got it using screensavers and in "- mode blank".

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