Re: [PLUG] 'ifconfig eth0 down' on mouse/kbd being idle

[gyoza@comcast.net]

What about using screen blanking/saver as a trigger?  Re-activation 
could be manual.


George Gallen wrote:
> Have a cron job every minute look for :0 and if the time
> is more than you want, then do the ifconfig, only problem
> is when you want it to come back up, it might take a minute
> for the next cron instance to realize the idle time now less
> than to bring up eth0
>
>   
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: plug-bounces@lists.phillylinux.org
> > [mailto:plug-bounces@lists.phillylinux.org]On Behalf Of Mark Baker
> > Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 3:07 PM
> > To: 'Philadelphia Linux User's Group Discussion List'
> > Subject: RE: [PLUG] 'ifconfig eth0 down' on mouse/kbd being idle
> >
> >
> > Actually running a simple w or who command with an awk 
> > statement would let
> > you see the idle time of each user on the system.
> >
> > mark
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: plug-bounces@lists.phillylinux.org
> > [mailto:plug-bounces@lists.phillylinux.org] On Behalf Of George Gallen
> > Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 2:05 PM
> > To: Philadelphia Linux User's Group Discussion List
> > Subject: RE: [PLUG] 'ifconfig eth0 down' on mouse/kbd being idle
> >
> > What if you set the BIOS to use power management,
> >   and include the ethernet (if onboard) for shutdown on sleep?
> >
> >     
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: plug-bounces@lists.phillylinux.org
> > > [mailto:plug-bounces@lists.phillylinux.org]On Behalf Of 
> > > jadoba@jadoba.net
> > > Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 1:59 PM
> > > To: plug@lists.phillylinux.org
> > > Subject: [PLUG] 'ifconfig eth0 down' on mouse/kbd being idle
> > >
> > >
> > > I'd like to create a shell script that will execute 'ifconfig eth0 
> > > down'
> > > when both the mouse and keyboard have been idle (iow, no 
> > >       
> > input) for a 
> >     
> > > set amount of time. I would also like for the same script to bring 
> > > eth0 back up when a key is pressed or the mouse is moved.
> > >
> > > I can only guess it can be done by monitoring /dev/input/mouse0 and
> > > /dev/input/event1 (which seems to be my mouse and keyboard device 
> > > files, respectively) but don't know whether it is possible 
> > >       
> > in a simple 
> >     
> > > shell script, or if I'd have to use perl (which I never learned). 
> > > Aside from cat, I don't know how to monitor a device file for 
> > > activity.
> > >
> > > My most obvious question is, has anyone done this before, or has 
> > > anyone heard of this being done and can they link me to the code? 
> > > Otherwise, can anyone give me a quick outline of what commands a 
> > > script like that should contain (namely, how to monitor the device 
> > > files from within a script, how to set a timer for the 
> > >       
> > activity, how 
> >     
> > > to hav it run ifconfig at the correct time, and how to trigger 
> > > ifconfig again when activity is reported back to the script)
> > >
> > > thanks
> > >
> > > -jim
> > >
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