slimlock(1)slimlock(1)NAMEslimlock - Unholy Screen Locker
SYNOPSISslimlock [-v]
DESCRIPTION
The Frankenstein's monster of screen lockers. Grafting SLiM and slock
together leads to blood, tears, and locked screens.
OPTIONS-v display version information
CONFIGURATION
Slimlock reads the same configuration files you use for SLiM. It looks
in CFGDIR/slim.conf and CFGDIR/slimlock.conf, where CFGDIR is defined
in the makefile. The options that are read from slim.conf are hidecur‐
sor, current_theme, background_color, and background_style, screen‐
shot_cmd, and welcome_msg. See the SLiM docs for more information.
slimlock.conf contains the following settings:
dpms_standby_timeout
number of seconds of inactivity before the screen blanks.
Default: 60
dpms_off_timeout
number of seconds of inactivity before the screen is turned off.
Default: 600
wrong_passwd_timeout
delay in seconds after an incorrect password is entered.
Default: 2
passwd_feedback_msg
message to display after a failed authentication attempt.
Default: Authentication failed
passwd_feedback_capslock
message to display after a failed authentication attempt if the
CapsLock is on. Default: Authentication failed (CapsLock is on)
show_username
1 to show username on themes with single input field; 0 to dis‐
able. Default: 1
show_welcome_msg
1 to show SLiM's welcome message; 0 to disable. Default: 0
tty_lock
1 to disallow virtual terminals switching; 0 to allow. Default:
1
bell 1 to enable the bell on authentication failure; 0 to disable.
Default: 1
SEE ALSOslim(1)version 0.8 June 10, 2011 slimlock(1)
