Richard Hector wrote: > I'm using buster with xfce4, pulseaudio, and (I think) light-locker. > > When I lock my screen, audio continues to play (and system sounds are still > heard). > > This seems to me like a way to leak information, and is also annoying to > anyone nearby. It's then annoying for me when I discover somebody has > unplugged my headphones to make them shut up :-) > > Any suggestions for making it be quiet? Perhaps a wishlist bug for > light-locker? I don't know if it's even feasible, given the various > combinations of audio system and screen lockers.
One option is to run a mute and stop-playing command immediately on screensaver interaction. For XFCE4, that's as easy as adding a panel object which runs an application, pointing that at a script, and adding an appropriate icon. Install xmacro. ~/bin/quiet-and-dark #!/bin/sh #not actually tested echo 'KeyStrPress XF86AudioPlay KeyStrRelease XF86AudioPlay' | xmacroplay :0 echo 'KeyStrPress XF86AudioMute KeyStrRelease XF86AudioMute' | xmacroplay :0 xscreensaver -command activate You can also assign it to run as a keyboard shortcut. -dsr-
