diff -up /home/jiacobucci/Downloads/slock-0.9/slock.c ./slock.c
--- /home/jiacobucci/Downloads/slock-0.9/slock.c	2008-07-29 14:22:46.000000000 -0400
+++ ./slock.c	2012-02-12 13:13:57.024767373 -0500
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) {
 	KeySym ksym;
 	Pixmap pmap;
 	Window root, w;
-	XColor black, dummy;
+	XColor colour,dummy;
 	XEvent ev;
 	XSetWindowAttributes wa;
 
@@ -96,13 +96,13 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) {
 
 	/* init */
 	wa.override_redirect = 1;
-	wa.background_pixel = BlackPixel(dpy, screen);
+	XAllocNamedColor(dpy, DefaultColormap(dpy, screen), "skyblue", &colour, &dummy);
+	wa.background_pixel = colour.pixel;
 	w = XCreateWindow(dpy, root, 0, 0, DisplayWidth(dpy, screen), DisplayHeight(dpy, screen),
 			0, DefaultDepth(dpy, screen), CopyFromParent,
 			DefaultVisual(dpy, screen), CWOverrideRedirect | CWBackPixel, &wa);
-	XAllocNamedColor(dpy, DefaultColormap(dpy, screen), "black", &black, &dummy);
 	pmap = XCreateBitmapFromData(dpy, w, curs, 8, 8);
-	invisible = XCreatePixmapCursor(dpy, pmap, pmap, &black, &black, 0, 0);
+	invisible = XCreatePixmapCursor(dpy, pmap, pmap, &colour, &colour, 0, 0);
 	XDefineCursor(dpy, w, invisible);
 	XMapRaised(dpy, w);
 	for(len = 1000; len; len--) {
@@ -125,9 +125,11 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) {
 
 	/* main event loop */
 	while(running && !XNextEvent(dpy, &ev)) {
-		if(len == 0 && DPMSCapable(dpy)) {
-			DPMSEnable(dpy);
-			DPMSForceLevel(dpy, DPMSModeOff);
+	        if(len == 1) {
+		  XAllocNamedColor(dpy, DefaultColormap(dpy, screen), "bisque", &colour, &dummy);
+		  wa.background_pixel = colour.pixel;
+		  XChangeWindowAttributes(dpy, w, CWBackPixel, &wa);
+		  XClearWindow(dpy, w);
 		}
 		if(ev.type == KeyPress) {
 			buf[0] = 0;
@@ -153,6 +155,10 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) {
 				if (running != 0)
 					XBell(dpy, 100);
 				len = 0;
+				XAllocNamedColor(dpy, DefaultColormap(dpy, screen), "skyblue", &colour, &dummy);
+				wa.background_pixel = colour.pixel;
+				XChangeWindowAttributes(dpy, w, CWBackPixel, &wa);
+				XClearWindow(dpy, w);
 				break;
 			case XK_Escape:
 				len = 0;