xorg: added guide to automatically lock the screen

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tiyn 18 hours ago
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@ -10,6 +10,30 @@ It is maintained by the [X.Org Foundation](https://x.org/wiki/).
This section addresses various usages of the X Window System.
### Screen Locker
The X Window System allows various screen lockers to be used.
One of them is `slock` by [suckless](/wiki/linux/suckless.md).
This will stand in as a screen locker for this section.
The screen can be run by simply running the following command.
```sh
slock
```
By default this will not be run automatically when the computer goes into sleep.
This can be changed by installing and using `xss-lock` like the following example shows.
```sh
xss-lock -- slock &
```
Run this command at startup if the automatic locking is wanted.
In this context it can be useful to enable the screensaver or set the computer to automatically go
to sleep after a certain amount of time.
For this navigate to the [corresponding section](#turning-off-the-screen).
### Kill Windows
Windows can be killed with the utility `xkill`.
@ -86,6 +110,18 @@ Section "ServerFlags"
EndSection
```
Another option to do this is by using the command `xset`.
An example for this are the follwing commands which will enable the screensaver to act upon 10
minutes of inactivity.
```sh
xset s on
xset s 600
```
For more informations on this visit the
[Arch wiki](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Session_lock#DPMS).
##### Adjust DPI and UI Scale
The dots per inch (DPI) is a measurement of spatial video dot density.

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