Re: Lock the sceen in console mode

Robert =?unknown-8bit?Q?Blacqui=E8re?= <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.freebsd.devel.mobile
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Thu, May 09, 2002 at 07:55:39PM -0700, Harry Putnam wrote:
> parv <[email protected]> writes:
> 
> > in message <[email protected]>,
> > wrote Harry Putnam thusly...
> >>
> >> what do I need to be able to lock the screen on my Toshiba running
> >> 4.3 (still).  I only use it in console mode.
> >
> > see lock(1) manpage... your answer is there.
> 
> Well, that was pretty painless... thanks.
> 
> Who'd have thought to look there... hehe.
> 

You also have the console locking from toshiba using fn+F1. 
This locks the screen and blanks it. After the second fn+F1 it
unlock the notebook. But this work probably only if the bios/startup
passwd is used.

Robert


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