Boboassa's build of slock

slock - simple screen locker for X

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).

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.

Applied patches

Patches are a way of adding functionality to the minimal standard build of slock

• Colormessage
• Foreground or Background combining:
  • Blur pixelated screen
  • dwm logo

Configuration

The configuration of slock is done by creating a custom config.h and (re)compiling the source code.

Acknowledgments

Visit suckless.org for more information on slock and other suckless programs.