Bug 74 - xlock doesn't lock virtual terminals.
Summary: xlock doesn't lock virtual terminals.
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: xlockmore
Version: 5.2
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
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Assignee: David Lawrence
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Reported: 1998-11-15 10:45 UTC by Jim Toth
Modified: 2008-05-01 15:37 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 1998-11-16 14:29:58 UTC
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Description Jim Toth 1998-11-15 10:45:48 UTC 
If I have my X sesssion locked with xlock, I can get around
this by type Ctl-Alt-F1 (or whatever), hit ^Z on startx, do
a ps, and kill the xlock.
Comment 1 Aleksey Nogin 1998-11-16 14:16:59 UTC 
This is not a bug, but a normal behavour. If you want to avoid it, you
should use xdm or something like
startx & ; logout

Alternatively you may choose to use vlock to lock the virtual
terminal.

You may also want to uncomment DontZap option in your XF86Config file
to make sure nobody can kill your X-session using Ctrl-Alt-Bkspace
Comment 2 Preston Brown 1998-11-16 14:29:59 UTC 
Not a bug, solution(s) explained well in the previous message.
Comment 3 paolo.saggese 1999-02-04 10:08:59 UTC 
> something like
> startx & ; logout

Even better -IMHO- (am I wrong?) is starting the X session by
exec-uting it:

exec startx
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