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Re: silence audio on locked screen?

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On 27/09/21 11:39 pm, Dan Ritter wrote:
> Richard Hector wrote:
>> I'm using buster with xfce4, pulseaudio, and (I think) light-locker.
>> 
>> When I lock my screen, audio continues to play (and system sounds are still
>> heard).
>> 
>> This seems to me like a way to leak information, and is also annoying to
>> anyone nearby. It's then annoying for me when I discover somebody has
>> unplugged my headphones to make them shut up :-)
>> 
>> Any suggestions for making it be quiet? Perhaps a wishlist bug for
>> light-locker? I don't know if it's even feasible, given the various
>> combinations of audio system and screen lockers.
> 
> One option is to run a mute and stop-playing command immediately
> on screensaver interaction.
> 
> For XFCE4, that's as easy as adding a panel object which runs an
> application, pointing that at a script, and adding an
> appropriate icon. Install xmacro.
> 
> ~/bin/quiet-and-dark
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> #not actually tested
> echo 'KeyStrPress XF86AudioPlay KeyStrRelease XF86AudioPlay' | xmacroplay :0
> echo 'KeyStrPress XF86AudioMute KeyStrRelease XF86AudioMute' | xmacroplay :0
> xscreensaver -command activate
> 
> 
> You can also assign it to run as a keyboard shortcut.

Thanks Dan,

If I understand correctly,  you're suggesting to create a clickable 
button which will mute the audio, and then creating a macro to do that 
from within a script, which I then need to run manually?

I see two issues there, which were admittedly not in my original 
statement of requirements :-)

I'd like this to still happen if the screen locks due to inactivity. I 
haven't found yet what triggers that, or where to configure the timeout.

Secondly, will it re-enable audio when the screen is unlocked?

Cheers,
Richard

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silence audio on locked screen? Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2021-09-27 04:30 +0200
  Re: silence audio on locked screen? "Alexander V. Makartsev" <avbetev@gmail.com> - 2021-09-27 08:30 +0200
  Re: silence audio on locked screen? Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2021-09-27 12:50 +0200
    Re: silence audio on locked screen? Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2021-09-28 10:00 +0200
      Re: silence audio on locked screen? Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2021-09-28 12:40 +0200
        Re: silence audio on locked screen? Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2021-09-29 05:50 +0200
          Re: silence audio on locked screen? Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2021-09-29 12:50 +0200
          Re: silence audio on locked screen? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-09-30 05:40 +0200
            Re: silence audio on locked screen? rhkramer@gmail.com - 2021-09-30 14:10 +0200
              Re: silence audio on locked screen? Kenneth Parker <sea7kenp@gmail.com> - 2021-09-30 16:40 +0200

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