Re: [arch-general] Script to check monitor blank state
On 25.05.2010 19:17, Jérôme M. Berger wrote:
Here, xset q has a line that says: Monitor is On. Couldn't you
use that?
Jerome
Yes this seems actually very useful,
i had dpms inactive, but ScreenSaver blanking on.
Maybe someone knows what the difference between these two is all about.
It looks totally equal from the outside ;-)
Now that I activated dpms, there is this line indicating the state.
xset q | awk '{if (match($0,Monitor is On)) {print notblanked}}'
I am going to use this little check for my script.
Thank you for your help!
Markus
Re: [arch-general] Script to check monitor blank state
Markus wrote: Hello everyone, i would like to write a little script, that suspends my computer if a few circumstances are met. One should be, that my screen should be blanked. I already did a google search on this, but i only found howtos of getting it to work / disable it. It looks like xset q does not print the actual state. Maybe there is a hook for screen blanking? Here, xset q has a line that says: Monitor is On. Couldn't you use that? Jerome -- mailto:jeber...@free.fr http://jeberger.free.fr Jabber: jeber...@jabber.fr signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
[arch-general] Script to check monitor blank state
Hello everyone, i would like to write a little script, that suspends my computer if a few circumstances are met. One should be, that my screen should be blanked. I already did a google search on this, but i only found howtos of getting it to work / disable it. It looks like xset q does not print the actual state. Maybe there is a hook for screen blanking? I know this is not a arch specific question, but maybe someone can help me. Markus
Re: [arch-general] Script to check monitor blank state
On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 8:36 AM, Markus mar...@hackfleischeis.de wrote: Hello everyone, i would like to write a little script, that suspends my computer if a few circumstances are met. One should be, that my screen should be blanked. I already did a google search on this, but i only found howtos of getting it to work / disable it. It looks like xset q does not print the actual state. Maybe there is a hook for screen blanking? I know this is not a arch specific question, but maybe someone can help me. If this is X specific, you might want to drop to the C level - write an app that uses a normal Xlib event loop, and catches all input events (keyboard and mouse events). After a given timeout with no input events, do your blanking / suspend
