On Monday 30 November 2015 10:58:13 Niemand Sonst wrote: > Am 30.11.2015 um 15:57 schrieb Gene Heskett: > > Greetings all; > > > > One of the things I always have to do, usually from another tab of > > the same terminal window that I run "linuxcnc -l" from, is to > > remember to also do a "xset -dpms" to shut off the screen blanker & > > monitor off commands. If I forget (way too easy for me) and the job > > is a long running job, its frustrating to have to go tap the space > > bar or wave the mouse around to bring it back to life. > > > > How hard would it be to incorporate that into the successful launch > > of linuxcnc, issueing an "xset -dpms" as it sits and waits for the > > exit cleanup, and again at shutdown after the cleanup, by haveing > > the script /usr/bin/linuxcnc issue a fresh "xset +dpms";"xset dpms > > time1 time2 time3", where the times might be read from a . file in > > the users ~/HOME directory? > > > > If this needs controlled because some of us never use the blanker in > > the first place, perhaps a KEYWORD in the .ini file could be used to > > switch this on/off? > > > > Perhaps maximum versatility would be to "dot source" a pair of > > files, doing nothing if they do not exist? The startup could set > > really long delays so they would kick in if one just walks away > > while its running, or the usual short delays when its been shut > > down. > > > > A first glance at /usr/bin/linuxcnc looks like it could be doable, > > but I haven't a good clue as to exactly where in it to do it. > > > > Comments? Suggestions? > > > > Thanks all. > > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > > Hay Gene, > > why don't you use a normal bash script to run all programs and load > then linuxcnc. > I do that if i want to run master, than I need to do first a . > ./scripts/rip-environment, so I just make a script to do taht for me > and then it starts linuxcnc. > > Norbert > Thats a thought Norbert, but it would be nice if a failure resulted in its not being done. Obviously I need to study the existing startup/shutdown script in more detail.
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