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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.
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]]
[[Category:Applications]]

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.