tim@appensell.cs.wisc.edu (Tim Theisen) (04/28/89)
We have a system which runs jobs on otherwise idle workstations. I need a way to determine if a workstation is idle. One of the important factors is whether or not there is someone using the keyboard and/or mouse. Currently, I use the idle time associated with pty's. However, there are several programs (e.g. xmh, emacs) which do not use a pty. I need some other way to determine if X server is being used. The screen saver keeps track of TimeSinceLastInputEvent. Is there a way get this value by querying the X server? Is there some other way I should be doing this? Thanks in advance, ...Tim Tim Theisen Department of Computer Sciences tim@cs.wisc.edu University of Wisconsin-Madison uwvax!tim 1210 West Dayton Street (608)262-0438 Madison, WI 53706
rws@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (04/28/89)
Is there a way get this value by querying the X server? No. It would require a protocol extension.