[bug#27083] screen-lockers: i3lock-color and i3lock-fancy

[ng0]

Ludovic Courtès transcribed 2.8K bytes:
> Hi,
> 
> ng0 <address@hidden> skribis:
> 
> > I wonder if it is a bug or lack of functionality in i3lock
> > or i3lock-color that I can switch to the tty when it's locked.
> > There are other screenlockers that do not allow me to do this,
> > the screen is really locked, not just tty7 or whereever your X might
> > be running.
> 
> Really?  I’m not sure the screen locker, which is a “regular” X11
> client, can prevent you from switching to a tty.

So in the case of i3lock* this is no proble. Upstream details:
https://github.com/meskarune/i3lock-fancy/issues/104

> > From f11bc2af6aa43cdd52c76c8640fc2d8eff71fa8d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> > From: ng0 <address@hidden>
> > Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2017 13:03:42 +0000
> > Subject: [PATCH 1/2] gnu: Add i3lock-color.
> >
> > * gnu/packages/wm.scm (i3lock-color): New variable.
> 
> Applied with these changes:
> 

> diff --git a/gnu/packages/wm.scm b/gnu/packages/wm.scm
> index 8fcce1eab..e3bf01902 100644
> --- a/gnu/packages/wm.scm
> +++ b/gnu/packages/wm.scm
> @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
>  ;;; Copyright © 2016 Efraim Flashner <address@hidden>
>  ;;; Copyright © 2016 Al McElrath <address@hidden>
>  ;;; Copyright © 2016 Carlo Zancanaro <address@hidden>
> -;;; Copyright © 2016 Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden>
> +;;; Copyright © 2016, 2017 Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden>
>  ;;; Copyright © 2016, 2017 ng0 <address@hidden>
>  ;;; Copyright © 2016 doncatnip <address@hidden>
>  ;;; Copyright © 2016 Ivan Vilata i Balaguer <address@hidden>
> @@ -373,13 +373,13 @@ prompt.")
>      (home-page "https://github.com/PandorasFox/i3lock-color";)
>      (synopsis "Screen locker with color configuration support")
>      (description
> -     "Re-patched version of i3lock, which is a simple screen
> -locker like slock.  Features include:
> +     "i3lock-color is a simpler X11 screen locker derived from i3lock.
> +Features include:
>  
>  @enumerate
> address@hidden forking process, the locked screen is preserved when you 
> suspend from RAM
> address@hidden specify background color or image to be displayed in the lock 
> screen
> address@hidden many additional color options
> address@hidden forking process, the locked screen is preserved when you 
> suspend to RAM;
> address@hidden specify background color or image to be displayed in the lock 
> screen;
> address@hidden many additional color options.
>  @end enumerate")
>      (license license:bsd-3)))
>

Ok, thanks.

> 
> > From 9ea21f2e1c20aceff4ff12bf00cd5b31e0bf02fc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> > From: ng0 <address@hidden>
> > Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2017 15:57:13 +0000
> > Subject: [PATCH 2/2] gnu: Add i3lock-fancy.
> >
> > * gnu/packages/wm.scm (i3lock-fancy): New variable.
> 
> Applied, thanks!
> 
> Ludo’.


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