[SOLVED] Lock screen when i close the lid for VL5.9

[hata_ph]

I just read a howto hibernate for VL5.9 from MOE-Inx and I wonder can I modify the part of the tutorial to auto lock the screen when I close the lid.

Automating the process

If all of the above has worked so far, it's time to do some automating.

This will make your machine suspend when you close the lid
execute all of these commands as root user

mv /etc/rc.d/rc.acpi /etc/rc.d/rc.acpi.bk

Create a new directory to automate the process

mkdir -p /etc/rc.d/acpid/{events,actions}

Create a script for the lid switch event. Copy this text and paste it to /etc/rc.d/acpid/events/lid

event=button[ /]lid.*
action=/etc/acpi/actions/lid.sh


Create another script that will actually run the script when this event gets triggered.
Copy this text and paste it in /etc/rc.d/acpid/actions/lid.sh

#!/bin/sh
/usr/local/sbin/suspend.sh

Set the script to be executable

chmod +x /etc/rc.d/acpid/actions/lid.sh


You're all set

can I just modify the /etc/acpi/actions/lid.sh as below to

#!/bin/sh
/usr/bin/xflock4

to run the xflock4 in xfce....

i haven't try it yet as I am not very sure what is the different of rc.acpi and rc.acpid.......and this command "mv /etc/rc.d/rc.acpi /etc/rc.d/rc.acpi.bk" really make me think twice before doing it as I scare to screw up my newly installed VL5.9...
any advise is a welcome for me to more understand it....thanks....

Or...is there another way of doing it....

[hata_ph]

I have done it but the step is not totally 100% same with MOE-Inx's howto......
instead of create the lid script in /etc/rc.d/acpid/events I just put the file in /etc/acpi/events
and I create the lid.sh in /etc/acpi/actions and restart the acpi daemon by using typing /etc/rc.d/rc.acpid restart in root

I did not rename the /etc/rc.d/rc.acpi to /etc/rc.d/rc.acpi.bk
there is no need for me to create the acpid folder inside /etc/rc.d too......
however when the lid.sh execute when I close the lid there is some error prompt up from the xscreensaver........below is the log from /var/log/acpid

[Sun Jan 20 17:03:09 2008] received event "button/lid C169 00000080 00000010"
[Sun Jan 20 17:03:09 2008] notifying client 2874[0:0]
[Sun Jan 20 17:03:09 2008] executing action "/etc/acpi/actions/lid.sh"
[Sun Jan 20 17:03:09 2008] BEGIN HANDLER MESSAGES
xscreensaver-command: warning: $DISPLAY is not set: defaulting to ":0.0".
xscreensaver-command: already locked.

[Sun Jan 20 17:03:19 2008] END HANDLER MESSAGES
[Sun Jan 20 17:03:19 2008] action exited with status 0
[Sun Jan 20 17:03:19 2008] executing action "/etc/acpi/acpi_handler.sh button/lid C169 00000080 00000010"
[Sun Jan 20 17:03:19 2008] BEGIN HANDLER MESSAGES
/etc/acpi/acpi_handler.sh: line 14: /proc/acpi/button/lid/LID/state: No such file or directory
[Sun Jan 20 17:03:19 2008] END HANDLER MESSAGES
[Sun Jan 20 17:03:19 2008] action exited with status 0
[Sun Jan 20 17:03:19 2008] completed event "button/lid C169 00000080 00000010"
[Sun Jan 20 17:05:56 2008] exiting
[Sun Jan 20 17:05:57 2008] starting up
[Sun Jan 20 17:05:57 2008] 2 rules loaded
[Sun Jan 20 17:05:58 2008] client connected from 2874[0:0]
[Sun Jan 20 17:05:58 2008] 1 client rule loaded
[Sun Jan 20 17:06:01 2008] received event "button/lid C169 00000080 00000011"
[Sun Jan 20 17:06:01 2008] notifying client 2874[0:0]
[Sun Jan 20 17:06:01 2008] executing action "/etc/acpi/actions/lid.sh"
[Sun Jan 20 17:06:01 2008] BEGIN HANDLER MESSAGES
xscreensaver-command: xscreensaver window unexpectedly deleted.
[Sun Jan 20 17:06:04 2008] END HANDLER MESSAGES
[Sun Jan 20 17:06:04 2008] action exited with status 0
[Sun Jan 20 17:06:04 2008] executing action "/etc/acpi/acpi_handler.sh button/lid C169 00000080 00000011"
[Sun Jan 20 17:06:04 2008] BEGIN HANDLER MESSAGES
/etc/acpi/acpi_handler.sh: line 14: /proc/acpi/button/lid/LID/state: No such file or directory
[Sun Jan 20 17:06:04 2008] END HANDLER MESSAGES
[Sun Jan 20 17:06:04 2008] action exited with status 0
[Sun Jan 20 17:06:04 2008] completed event "button/lid C169 00000080 00000011"
[Sun Jan 20 17:06:05 2008] received event "button/lid C169 00000080 00000012"
[Sun Jan 20 17:06:05 2008] notifying client 2874[0:0]
[Sun Jan 20 17:06:05 2008] executing action "/etc/acpi/actions/lid.sh"
[Sun Jan 20 17:06:05 2008] BEGIN HANDLER MESSAGES
xscreensaver-command: already locked.

[Sun Jan 20 17:06:12 2008] END HANDLER MESSAGES
[Sun Jan 20 17:06:12 2008] action exited with status 0
[Sun Jan 20 17:06:12 2008] executing action "/etc/acpi/acpi_handler.sh button/lid C169 00000080 00000012"
[Sun Jan 20 17:06:12 2008] BEGIN HANDLER MESSAGES
/etc/acpi/acpi_handler.sh: line 14: /proc/acpi/button/lid/LID/state: No such file or directory
[Sun Jan 20 17:06:12 2008] END HANDLER MESSAGES
[Sun Jan 20 17:06:12 2008] action exited with status 0
[Sun Jan 20 17:06:12 2008] completed event "button/lid C169 00000080 00000012"

but if run from normal the xflock4 work without any error......strange....

btw, the lid.sh should be written like below instead of the original script from MOE-Inx how-to (without the bracket)...

event=button/lid.*
action=/etc/acpi/actions/lid.sh

below link is a good howto and tutorial for ACPI....
http://www.columbia.edu/~ariel/acpi/acpi_howto.txt

[rbistolfi]

Hi hata,

Looks like acpid is executing two scripts on lid closure, yours and /etc/acpi/acpi_handler.sh
You could comment the lid section in the last (the "lid)" part) or just move it.
I dunno about the xscreensaver error.

[hata_ph]

I just try disable the acpi_handler.sh but the xscreensaver error still occur.....
but then it just a minor issue which I am able to live with it...