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Re: [PLUG] 'ifconfig eth0 down' on mouse/kbd being idle
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I'm late on this topic, but xscreensaver/gnome-screensaver seems to have
a hooks for this: http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/faq.html#watch
gyoza@comcast.net wrote:
> 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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