NAME

       i3lock - improved screen locker

SYNOPSIS

       i3lock [-v] [-n] [-b] [-d] [-i image.png] [-c color] [-t] [-p pointer] [-u]

DESCRIPTION

       i3lock  is  a  simple  screen  locker like slock. After starting it, you will see a white screen (you can
       configure the color/an image). You can return to your screen by entering your password.

IMPROVEMENTS

       * i3lock forks, so you can combine it with an alias to suspend to RAM (run "i3lock && echo mem >
       /sys/power/state" to get a locked screen after waking up your computer from suspend to RAM)

       * You can specify either a background color or a PNG image which will be displayed while your screen is
       locked.

       * You can specify whether i3lock should bell upon a wrong password.

       * i3lock uses PAM and therefore is compatible with LDAP etc.

OPTIONS

       -v, --version
              Display the version of your i3lock

       -n, --nofork
              Don't fork after starting.

       -b, --beep
              Enable beeping. Be sure to not do this when you are about to annoy other people, like when opening
              your laptop in a boring lecture.

       -d, --dpms
              Enable turning off your screen using DPMS. Note that, when you do not specify  this  option,  DPMS
              will  turn  off your screen after 15 minutes of inactivity anyways (if you did not disable this in
              your X server).

       -u, --no-unlock-indicator
              Disables the unlock indicator. i3lock will by default show  an  unlock  indicator  after  pressing
              keys.  This  will  give  feedback  for  every  keypress and it will show you the current PAM state
              (whether your password is currently being verified or whether it is wrong).

       -i path, --image=path
              Display the given PNG image instead of a blank screen.

       -c rrggbb, --color=rrggbb
              Turns the screen into the given color instead of white. Color must  be  given  in  6-byte  format:
              rrggbb (i.e. ff0000 is red)

       -t, --tiling
              If  an image is specified (via -i) it will display the image tiled all over the screen (if it is a
              multi-monitor setup, the image is visible on all screens).

       -p win|default, --pointer=win|default
              If you specify "default", i3lock does not hide your Mousepointer. If  you  specify  "win",  i3lock
              displays  a  hardcoded  Windows-Pointer  (thus  enabling  you to fuck with your friends by using a
              Screenshot of a Windows-Desktop as a locking-screen).

SEE ALSO

       xautolock(1) - use i3lock as your screen saver

AUTHOR

       Michael Stapelberg <michael+i3lock at stapelberg dot de>

       Jan-Erik Rediger <badboy at archlinux.us>

Linux                                             JANUARY 2012                                         i3lock(1)