Slock: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 22:57, 24 October 2017

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, just enable the following in your <code>configuration.nix</code> :
 <syntaxHighlight lang="nix">
-programs.slock.enable = true;
+{
+  ...
+  programs.slock.enable = true;
+  ...
+}
 </syntaxHighlight>
+==Troubleshooting==
+==="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:Configuration]]