Configure your PAUSE key to lock the screen
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To set your PAUSE key to lock the screen under KDE,
- open a console
- call the command
systemsettings
- select "Shortcuts and Gestures" -> "Custom Shortcuts" -> "Edit" -> "New" -> "Global Shortcut" -> "Command/URL" -> enter "Pause"
- click on Trigger -> "None"
- type the PAUSE key
- click on "Action"
- enter
qdbus org.kde.screensaver /ScreenSaver org.freedesktop.ScreenSaver.Lock
or (whatever works)
/usr/lib64/kde4/libexec/kscreenlocker_greet
or (whatever works)
/usr/lib64/kde4/libexec/kscreenlocker --forcelock
- click "Apply"
- test it by pressing the PAUSE key
