I'm using awesome window manager and trying to configure xlock so my system gets locked after "x" seconds if I don't touch the keyboard or mouse. But nothing seems to be happening after "x" seconds.
I tried to put the following in my .Xdefaults XIdle.timeout: 5 XLock.mode: random XLock.mousemotion: on XLock.nice: 19 XLock.program: /usr/games/fortune -a XLock.random.modelist: maze bat biof pyro drift eyes lisa marquee matrix molecule nose pacman petri space swarm tetris worm I then commented the above from .Xdefaults and added the following line at the end of .xinitrc file xidle -delay 3 -sw -program "/usr/X11R6/bin/xlock -mode bat" -timeout 5 Could anyone please tell me what I'm doing wrong?