slock - simple screen locker ============================ simple screen locker utility for X. Includes patch for using image file as the background. Requirements ------------ In order to build slock you need the Xlib header files. Installation ------------ Edit config.mk to match your local setup (slock is installed into the /usr/local namespace by default). Apply the background image patch: patch -N < slock-image.patch Afterwards enter the following command to build and install slock (if necessary as root): make clean install Running slock ------------- Simply invoke the 'slock' command. To get out of it, enter your password.