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