Ralph Katz wrote: > While purging xscreensaver removed 2 or 3 packages, installing now would > bring in a host of packages, for whatever reason. I don't need a > screensaver as much as I need the lock. Take a look at /usr/bin/xflock4. It's just a script that runs through a fixed list of lock programs until it finds one that runs successfully. Maybe you can install one of the other commands that it tries. mike