On 01/17/2011 04:25 PM, JB wrote: > JB<jb.1234abcd<at> gmail.com> writes: > >> ... > Google search: linux keyboard mouse activity > > Example: > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/222606/detecting-keyboard-mouse-activity-in-linux Thanks. That little C program will (with a suitable value for the DISPLAY environment variable) report the idle time when run from a cron job, but what I really need is whether the screensaver is running (screen locked) rather than how recently the cat might have stepped on my keyboard or moved the mouse. Sorry that I wasn't very clear about that before. Right now, checking on the number of child processes of gnome-screensaver still looks like my best bet: ssID=$(pgrep -n gnome-screensav) if [ "$ssID" ] && [ $(ps -g $ssID -o pid= | wc -l) -lt 2 ]; then # Screen saver enabled but not active ... fi -- Bob Nichols "NOSPAM" is really part of my email address. Do NOT delete it. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
