unlock screen?

[Niels Weber]

Hi,

I'm experimenting around with blueproximity (on F21). The default
commands it uses to lock and unlock the screen use the
gnome-screensaver-command tool, that doesn't exist any more. I already
found out that I can lock the screen by sending a dbus command:

dbus-send --type=method_call --dest=org.gnome.ScreenSaver
/org/gnome/ScreenSaver org.gnome.ScreenSaver.Lock

But there doesn't seem to be anything for unlocking the screen?
("gnome-screensaver-command -d")
Is there any way that I missed so far? Or is it simply not possible?

Thanks,
   Niels

[Ed Greshko]

On 03/17/15 15:08, Niels Weber wrote:
> I'm experimenting around with blueproximity (on F21). The default
> commands it uses to lock and unlock the screen use the
> gnome-screensaver-command tool, that doesn't exist any more. I already
> found out that I can lock the screen by sending a dbus command:
>
> dbus-send --type=method_call --dest=org.gnome.ScreenSaver
> /org/gnome/ScreenSaver org.gnome.ScreenSaver.Lock
>
> But there doesn't seem to be anything for unlocking the screen?
> ("gnome-screensaver-command -d")
> Is there any way that I missed so far? Or is it simply not possible?

[root@meimei ~]# which gnome-screensaver-command
/bin/gnome-screensaver-command

[root@meimei ~]# yum whatprovides /bin/gnome-screensaver-command
Loaded plugins: langpacks
gnome-screensaver-3.6.1-9.fc21.x86_64 : GNOME Screensaver
Repo        : installed
Matched from:
Filename    : /bin/gnome-screensaver-command

So, unless I read your post incorrectly, it seems to be there....

[Niels Weber]

Am Dienstag, den 17.03.2015, 15:49 +0800 schrieb Ed Greshko:
> On 03/17/15 15:08, Niels Weber wrote:
> > I'm experimenting around with blueproximity (on F21). The default
> > commands it uses to lock and unlock the screen use the
> > gnome-screensaver-command tool, that doesn't exist any more. I already
> > found out that I can lock the screen by sending a dbus command:
> >
> > dbus-send --type=method_call --dest=org.gnome.ScreenSaver
> > /org/gnome/ScreenSaver org.gnome.ScreenSaver.Lock
> >
> > But there doesn't seem to be anything for unlocking the screen?
> > ("gnome-screensaver-command -d")
> > Is there any way that I missed so far? Or is it simply not possible?
>
> [root@meimei ~]# which gnome-screensaver-command
> /bin/gnome-screensaver-command
>
> [root@meimei ~]# yum whatprovides /bin/gnome-screensaver-command
> Loaded plugins: langpacks
> gnome-screensaver-3.6.1-9.fc21.x86_64 : GNOME Screensaver
> Repo        : installed
> Matched from:
> Filename    : /bin/gnome-screensaver-command
>
> So, unless I read your post incorrectly, it seems to be there....

Thanks. So yes it is still there (just not by default) and works. This
solves my immediate problem. :)
Anyway, I understand that it is deprecated and my go away or stop
working soon. It still being at 3.6 certainly also points in that
direction. Will there be a replacement? Or is it not going away soon
after all?

Thanks,
  Niels

[Olav Vitters]

On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 08:08:04AM +0100, Niels Weber wrote:
> Is there any way that I missed so far? Or is it simply not possible?

Please try:
$ loginctl list-sessions
$ loginctl lock-session $ID
$ loginctl unlock-session $ID