[ltp] gnome-screensaver and locking using fn-f2

[Grant Williamson]

Ok finally worked it out ;)

Ian Redfern wrote:
> I was thinking the ACPI might be faking that key.
>
> On Thu, 2007-04-05 at 11:48 +0200, Grant Williamson wrote:
>>  Ian, 
>>      yep that works, I am just trying to get the fn-fx key's to work  
>>  also. I have enabled it using xlock, however would like to get the  
>>  ubuntu method working on redhat. 
>>
>>  Ian Redfern wrote: 
>>  > My GNOME Keyboard Shortcuts has Ctrl-Alt-L mapped to 'Lock screen'.  
>>  > Does yours? 
>>  > 
>>  > On Wed, 2007-04-04 at 15:53 +0200, Grant Williamson wrote: 
>>  >>  Ubuntu has a clever way of doing it using acpi_fakekey which sends   
>>  >>  signals. i.e. acpi_fakekey 152 will launch the screensaver.  
>>  >> 
>>  >>  Ian Redfern wrote:  
>>  >>  > Odd really, because xscreensaver-command doesn't exist on my system,   
>>  >>  > as I only have gnome-screensaver, yet Fn-F2 does indeed kick off   
>>  >>  > gnome-screensaver.  
>>  >>  >  
>>  >>  > On Wed, 2007-04-04 at 14:39 +0200, Grant Williamson wrote:  
>>  >>  >>  They are still using "xscreensaver-command" in their scripts. I guess I    
>>  >>  >>  can use xlock.   
>>  >>  >>  
>>  >>  >>  Ian Redfern wrote:   
>>  >>  >>  > Attached. Hope it helps!   
>>  >>  >>  >   
>>  >>  >>  > On Wed, 2007-04-04 at 14:28 +0200, Grant Williamson wrote:   
>>  >>  >>  >>  I was looking at dapper, can u tar up the /etc/acpi dir for me mail me     
>>  >>  >>  >>  it please.    
>>  >>  >>  >>   
>>  >>  >>  >>  Ian Redfern wrote:    
>>  >>  >>  >>  > Nope, gnome-screensaver.    
>>  >>  >>  >>  >    
>>  >>  >>  >>  > #On Wed, 2007-04-04 at 14:09 +0200, Grant Williamson wrote:    
>>  >>  >>  >>  >>  I know, ubuntu uses xscreensaver.     
>>  >>  >>  >>  >>    
>>  >>  >>  >>  >>  Ian Redfern wrote:     
>>  >>  >>  >>  >>  > It may not help much, but Fn-F2 works fine on Ubuntu Feisty on my      
>>  >>  >>  >>  >>  > ThinkPad X60, so you may be able to copy it from there.     
>>  >>  >>  >>  >>  >     
>>  >>  >>  >>  >>  > On Wed, 2007-04-04 at 13:18 +0200, Grant Williamson wrote:     
>>  >>  >>  >>  >>  >>  That does not seem to work either, xscreensaver would, even if I set       
>>  >>  >>  >>  >>  >>  XAUTH & DISPLAY.      
>>  >>  >>  >>  >>  >>     
>>  >>  >>  >>  >>  >>  Fails with either      
>>  >>  >>  >>  >>  >>  gnome-screensaver-Message: Screensaver is not running! (launch it as root)      
>>  >>  >>  >>  >>  >>  or      
>>  >>  >>  >>  >>  >>  gnome-screensaver-Message: Failed to connect to the D-BUS daemon: Failed       
>>  >>  >>  >>  >>  >>  to execute dbus-launch to autolaunch D-Bus session (via su - user)      
>>  >>  >>  >>  >>  >>     
>>  >>  >>  >>  >>  >>     
>>  >>  >>  >>  >>  >>  Richard Neill wrote:      
>>  >>  >>  >>  >>  >>  >      
>>  >>  >>  >>  >>  >>  >      
>>  >>  >>  >>  >>  >>  > Grant Williamson wrote:      
>>  >>  >>  >>  >>  >>  >> Hi,      
>>  >>  >>  >>  >>  >>  >> has anyone got a way to lock gnome-screen saver using fn-fn2.      
>>  >>  >>  >>  >>  >>  >>      
>>  >>  >>  >>  >>  >>  >> I am using ibm-acpi      
>>  >>  >>  >>  >>  >>  >> i.e.      
>>  >>  >>  >>  >>  >>  >> events/FnF2-ibm-acpi.conf      
>>  >>  >>  >>  >>  >>  >> # ACPID Configuration to execute action when pressing Fn+F2      
>>  >>  >>  >>  >>  >>  >> event=ibm/hotkey HKEY 00000080 00001002      
>>  >>  >>  >>  >>  >>  >> action=/etc/acpi/actions/FnF2.sh      
>>  >>  >>  >>  >>  >>  >>      
>>  >>  >>  >>  >>  >>  >> actions/FnF2.sh      
>>  >>  >>  >>  >>  >>  >> #!/bin/bash      
>>  >>  >>  >>  >>  >>  >> # Does not work ... yet      
>>  >>  >>  >>  >>  >>  >> USER=`ps aux|grep -i gnome-screensaver|grep -v grep| awk '{print $1}'`      
>>  >>  >>  >>  >>  >>  >> su $USER -c "dbus-send --session --dest=org.gnome.ScreenSaver       
>>  >>  >>  >>  >>  >>  >> --type=method_call --print-reply --reply-timeout=20000       
>>  >>  >>  >>  >>  >>  >> /org/gnome/ScreenSaver org.gnome.ScreenSaver.SetActive boolean:true"      
>>  >>  >>  >>  >>  >>  >>      
>>  >>  >>  >>  >>  >>  >      
>>  >>  >>  >>  >>  >>  > Try using      
>>  >>  >>  >>  >>  >>  >   gnome-screensaver-command --activate      
>>  >>  >>  >>  >>  >>  > You may need to set the correct value of $DISPLAY first.      
>>  >>  >>  >>  >>  >>  >      
>>  >>  >>  >>  >>  >>  > HTH,      
>>  >>  >>  >>  >>  >>  >      
>>  >>  >>  >>  >>  >>  > Richard      
>>  >>      
>>  > 
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