On Fri, Jun 09, 2006 at 04:27:56PM +0200, FRANCHISSEUR Robert wrote:
> ----- Original message from michal wlasenko on Fri Jun  9 15:54:15 2006 -----
> > 
> > hi,
> > 
> > it seems xlock is not provided in SL4 [at least my yum doesn't see
> > it]. is there any alternative available and recommended ?
> > 
> 
>        I got it ( at least in SL4.1) in xorg-x11-tools.
> 
> 
> #### rabeson:/home/users/robert > which xclock
> xclock is /usr/X11R6/bin/xclock
> #### rabeson:/home/users/robert > rpm -qif /usr/X11R6/bin/xclock
> Name        : xorg-x11-tools               Relocations: (not relocatable)
> Version     : 6.8.2                             Vendor: Scientific Linux
> Release     : 1.EL.13.25.1                  Build Date: Thu 04 May 2006 05:32:32 PM CEST
> Install Date: Fri 05 May 2006 06:13:10 PM CEST      Build Host: yort.fnal.gov
> Group       : User Interface/X              Source RPM: xorg-x11-6.8.2-1.EL.13.25.1.src.rpm
> Size        : 569505                           License: MIT/X11, and others
> Signature   : DSA/SHA1, Thu 04 May 2006 05:55:06 PM CEST, Key ID 25dbef78a7048f8d
> URL         : http://xorg.freedesktop.org
> Summary     : Various X Window System tools
> Description :
> Various tools for X, including listres, xcalc, and xload among others.
> 
> This package contains all applications that used to be in X11R6-contrib
> in older releases.

Ehm, the OP is looking for an alternative to xlock, not xclock...

You may try xscreensaver instead of xlock.

Regards,
Markus