On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 05:32:01PM +0200, Frederique Rijsdijk wrote: > Hi, > > I'm looking for a way to automaticaly lock my X session when I leave my > desk. Probably just using 'xlockmore -mode blank' or such. But how to > detect?
Why does it have to be automatic? Something like xlockmore or slock can be tied to a keyboard shortcut, such as <Ctrl>+<Alt>+<L>. If for some reason you require automatic locking, though, you could perhaps set up some kind of Bluetooth connection detection if you have a Bluetooth enabled cellphone in your pocket (or something else that would work as a Bluetooth token) and if your computer has the right hardware. I imagine writing a daemon in Perl or Ruby that checks for loss of a Bluetooth connection would be easier than getting Bluetooth working in the first place might be, depending on the state of Bluetooth support in FreeBSD. I'm not really well-versed in the ephemera of what is used to determine "inactivity" on a computer, but if it's reasonably easy (or if there's a Perl module for it), that seems like the obvious way to handle it -- though of course that may present problems, such as false positives on detecting "inactivity" when watching a movie on the computer or something like that. -- Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] Quoth Paul Graham: "SUVs are gross because they're the solution to a gross problem. (How to make minivans look more masculine.)"
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