Stop music playback when I lock the screen

Question

Is it possible to run xmms2 stop when I lock the screen with Ctrl+Alt+L?

Answer 1

Should be.

The desktop-agnostic way is:

• install xbindkeys
• create a script that runs your "xmms" command plus "xscreensaver -l" or "kdescreensaver --lock"
• create a ~/.xbindkeysrc
• make xbindkeys run at startup

Assuming your script is in /usr/local/bin/lockandstop, ~/.xbindkeysrc should contain:

"/usr/local/bin/lockandstop"
Control + Alt + l

or perhaps

"/usr/local/bin/lockandstop"
Mod4 + l

depending on what xmodmap prints.

But maybe the KDE Control Panel offers an easier way under the keyboard shortcuts section.