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
Re: [arch-general] Script to check monitor blank state
On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 8:36 AM, 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? > > 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
Re: [arch-general] Script to check monitor blank state
On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 9:36 AM, 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? > > I know this is not a arch specific question, but maybe someone can help me. > > Markus > I don't actually have a script for this, although I may end up writing one because I want similar functionality (just after xx minutes, suspend, not on screen blank). But, what you can do is install xscreensaver. xscreensaver-command -watch can be used to monitor the screen saver state (which may be just blank your desktop) and thus control the script. -- Alexander Lam
