# Sravan's slock - simple screen locker [slock](https://tools.suckless.org/slock/) is a simple screen locker utility for X. This is Sravan's fork of slock with patches and custom modifications. ## slock Information ### Requirements In order to build slock you need the Xlib header files. ### Installation Edit config.mk to match your local setup (slock is installed into the /usr/local namespace by default). Afterwards enter the following command to build and install slock (if necessary as root): make clean install ### Running slock Simply invoke the 'slock' command. To get out of it, enter your password. ## Personal Modifications ### Patches * [blur pixelated screen](https://tools.suckless.org/slock/patches/blur-pixelated-screen/) * [dpms](https://tools.suckless.org/slock/patches/dpms/) ### Modifications * Update user and group in config