Re: [dev] Fwd: [slock] 1.4 not working from i3

2016-12-05 Thread Markus Teich
Martin Kühne wrote: > This reminds me, we're talking about i3 here. Heyho, if you're using unclutter, this thread[0] could also help you out. Either way it seems that something else on your system already has an active keyboard/mouse grab preventing slock from starting. --Markus 0: http://list

Re: [dev] Fwd: [slock] 1.4 not working from i3

2016-12-05 Thread Martin Kühne
This reminds me, we're talking about i3 here. Take a look at some of the bugs that end up in their bugtracker, for example [0]. Could [1] be related to what you're seeing? cheers! mar77i [0] https://github.com/i3/i3/issues/2539 [1] https://github.com/aktau/hhpc/issues/2

Re: [dev] Fwd: [slock] 1.4 not working from i3

2016-12-05 Thread Vasily Laur
Thank you, Martin! I see these messages on affected version: slock: unable to grab mouse pointer for screen 0 slock: unable to grab keyboard for screen 0 2016-12-05 11:07 GMT+03:00 Martin Kühne : > Look in ~/.xsession-errors, or wherever you redirect the window > manager's stderr (readlink /proc/

Re: [dev] Fwd: [slock] 1.4 not working from i3

2016-12-05 Thread Martin Kühne
Look in ~/.xsession-errors, or wherever you redirect the window manager's stderr (readlink /proc//fd/2). Slock should leave a message why it cannot run. Generally speaking, if something works in the terminal, but doesn't work through key binding, it's usually a matter of environment variables. che