How do you lock your screen from AwesomeWM in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS?

Asked Jul 14 '18 at 13:21

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I can't figure out how to lock my screen from AwesomeWM in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.

How is this done?

I tried running slock as suggested in the other question suggested below and I have to restart my computer to get back in after locking it.

edited Jul 14 '18 at 13:57

asked Jul 14 '18 at 13:21

leeand00

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Possible duplicate of How to lock session from awesome – karel Jul 14 '18 at 13:28
I tried that, when I run slock I have to reboot my machine to get back in... – leeand00 Jul 14 '18 at 13:55
The screen turns red and I can't get back into my session. – leeand00 Jul 14 '18 at 13:58
Can you get back into your session after locking it with slock without rebooting like this: https://askubuntu.com/questions/917320/switching-between-console-and-gui/917386#917386? You also need to select awesome from the login screen with this method. – karel Jul 14 '18 at 13:59
@karel I tried it, but it didn't work....https://askubuntu.com/a/917386/3756 I believe that's for Ubuntu 17.10, I've got 16.04 LTS – leeand00 Jul 14 '18 at 15:32
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Actually it's for 16.04 too if you read the 16.04 part at the end, but if it didn't work that probably wouldn't work either. – karel Jul 14 '18 at 15:40

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