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i3 screen locking

November 27, 2020 by Andy Ferguson

This is what I add to my i3 config file to sort out screen locking:

bindsym mod4+l exec "i3lock -t -i /path_to_file.png"

exec --no-startup-id xautolock -locker "i3lock -i -t /path_to_file.png"

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