On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 05:33:34PM +1100, Chris wrote: > xidle -delay 3 -sw -program "/usr/X11R6/bin/xlock -mode bat" -timeout 5 > > Could anyone please tell me what I'm doing wrong?
Do you have the above line starting in the background (with &) before invoking awesome? I haven't been using xidle but xautolock, which has worked fine for me for many years. Here's a .xinitrc from one machine: xautolock -time 5 -locker "xlock -mode blank -lockdelay 15" & ion3 # my wm. yours would be awesome -- Darrin Chandler | Phoenix BSD User Group | MetaBUG [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://phxbug.org/ | http://metabug.org/ http://www.stilyagin.com/ | Daemons in the Desert | Global BUG Federation [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/pgp-signature]