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

[Rob Hess]

On 4/5/07, Grant Williamson <traxtopel@gmail.com> wrote:
> Ok finally worked it out ;)

Can you describe in more detail how you got the fn-f2 key to lock
gnome-screensaver?  I had tried to do this a little while back without
success.

Thanks.

-Rob

>
> 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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