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List:       fedora-list
Subject:    Re: unlock screen?
From:       Niels Weber <nathelbiya () gmail ! com>
Date:       2015-03-17 9:10:24
Message-ID: 1426583424.2747.5.camel () gmail ! com
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Am Dienstag, den 17.03.2015, 15:49 +0800 schrieb Ed Greshko:
> On 03/17/15 15:08, Niels Weber wrote:
> > I'm experimenting around with blueproximity (on F21). The default
> > commands it uses to lock and unlock the screen use the
> > gnome-screensaver-command tool, that doesn't exist any more. I already
> > found out that I can lock the screen by sending a dbus command:
> >
> > dbus-send --type=method_call --dest=org.gnome.ScreenSaver
> > /org/gnome/ScreenSaver org.gnome.ScreenSaver.Lock
> >
> > But there doesn't seem to be anything for unlocking the screen?
> > ("gnome-screensaver-command -d")
> > Is there any way that I missed so far? Or is it simply not possible?
> 
> [root@meimei ~]# which gnome-screensaver-command
> /bin/gnome-screensaver-command
> 
> [root@meimei ~]# yum whatprovides /bin/gnome-screensaver-command
> Loaded plugins: langpacks
> gnome-screensaver-3.6.1-9.fc21.x86_64 : GNOME Screensaver
> Repo        : installed
> Matched from:
> Filename    : /bin/gnome-screensaver-command
> 
> So, unless I read your post incorrectly, it seems to be there....

Thanks. So yes it is still there (just not by default) and works. This
solves my immediate problem. :)
Anyway, I understand that it is deprecated and my go away or stop
working soon. It still being at 3.6 certainly also points in that
direction. Will there be a replacement? Or is it not going away soon
after all?

Thanks,
  Niels

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