Slock: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 06:33, 20 September 2021

Setup

To make slock available, amend /etc/nixos/configuration.nix as follows:

{
  ...
  programs.slock.enable = true;
  ...
}

Troubleshooting

"cannot disable the out-of-memory killer for this process"

slock requires root for accessing passwords and protecting itself from OOM killing. Adding slock to environment.systemPackages is not adequate (nor is it necessary); slock should be enabled via the provided NixOS module via the means shown above.

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+{{DISPLAYTITLE:slock}}
 == Setup ==
-=== cannot disable the out-of-memory killer for this process ===
+To make slock available, amend <tt>/etc/nixos/configuration.nix</tt> as follows:
-slock requires root for accessing passwords and protecting itself from OOM killing. To fix this error, add slock to your system packages and <del>setuidPrograms</del> security.wrappers by modifying your global configuration.nix like so :
+<syntaxHighlight lang="nix">
+{
+  ...
+  programs.slock.enable = true;
+  ...
+}
+</syntaxHighlight>
- security.wrappers = {
+==Troubleshooting==
-   slock.source = "${pkgs.slock}/bin/slock";
+==="cannot disable the out-of-memory killer for this process"===
- };
+slock requires root for accessing passwords and protecting itself from OOM killing. Adding <tt>slock</tt> to <tt>environment.systemPackages</tt> is not adequate (nor is it necessary); slock should be enabled via the provided NixOS module via the means shown above.
+[[Category:Applications]]