tim@appenzell.cs.wisc.edu (Tim Theisen) (04/10/90)
Archive-name: xidle/09-Apr-90 Original-posting-by: tim@appenzell.cs.wisc.edu (Tim Theisen) Original-subject: Re: user inactivity and screen blanking Archive-site: expo.lcs.mit.edu [18.30.0.212] Archive-directory: contrib Archive-files: xidle.shar.Z Reposted-by: emv@math.lsa.umich.edu (Edward Vielmetti) In article <9004042252.AA11736@expire.lcs.mit.edu> rws@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Bob Scheifler) writes: >There is no standard way to do this through an X server. You could >look at the input devices directly, as someone has suggested. You >could also look at the "xidle" extension that's in the R4 contrib >software (it will probably take some work to integrate it into R4). I have reworked the xidle extension for the R4 server. It is available via anoymous ftp from expo.lcs.mit.edu:contrib/xidle.shar.Z. This extension returns the time since last input event from the X server. It is currently in use on Vaxen, DecStations, Sun 3's, Sun 4's, and IBM RT's. -- 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