syndaemon(1) [x11r4 man page]

syndaemon(1)						      General Commands Manual						      syndaemon(1)

NAME

       syndaemon - a program that monitors keyboard activity and disables the touchpad when the keyboard is being used.

SYNOPSIS

       syndaemon [-i idle-time] [-m poll-inverval] [-d] [-p pid-file] [-t] [-k] [-K] [-R]

DESCRIPTION

       Disabling the touchpad while typing avoids unwanted movements of the pointer that could lead to giving focus to the wrong window.

OPTIONS

       -i <idle-time>
	      How many seconds to wait after the last key press before enabling the touchpad.  (default is 2.0s).

       -m <poll-interval>
	      How  many  milliseconds to wait between two polling intervals. If this value is too low, it will cause unnecessary wake-ups. If this
	      value is too high, some key presses (press and release happen between two intervals) may not be noticed. This switch has	no  effect
	      when running with -R.  Default is 200ms.

       -d     Start as a daemon, ie in the background.

       -p <pid-file>
	      Create a pid file with the specified filename.  A pid file will only be created if the program is started in daemon mode.

       -t     Only disable tapping and scrolling, not mouse movements, in response to keyboard activity.

       -k     Ignore modifier keys when monitoring keyboard activity.

       -K     Like -k but also ignore Modifier+Key combos.

       -R     Use the XRecord extension for detecting keyboard activity instead of polling the keyboard state.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       DISPLAY
	      Specifies the X server to contact.

EXIT CODES

       If syndaemon exists with a return code other than 0, the error encountered is as below.

       Exit code 1
	      Invalid commandline argument.

       Exit code 2
	      The connection to the X sever could not be established or no touchpad device could be found.

       Exit code 3
	      The fork into daemon mode failed or the pid file could not be created.

       Exit code 4
	      XRECORD requested but not available or usable on the server.

CAVEATS

       It  doesn't  make much sense to connect to a remote X server, because the daemon will then monitor the remote server for keyboard activity,
       but will disable the touchpad on the local machine.

AUTHORS

       Peter Osterlund <petero2@telia.com>.

       This man page was written by Mattia Dongili <malattia@debian.org>

SEE ALSO

       Xorg(1), synclient(1), synaptics(4)

X Version 11						    xf86-input-synaptics 1.6.2						      syndaemon(1)

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NAME

     screenblank -- screen saver daemon for wscons and FBIO machines

SYNOPSIS

     screenblank [-k | -m] [-d inactivity-timeout] [-e wakeup-delay] [-f framebuffer] [-i input-device]
     screenblank {-b | -u}

DESCRIPTION

     screenblank disables the framebuffer if the keyboard and mouse are idle for a period of time, and re-enables the framebuffer when keyboard or
     mouse activity resumes.

     When killed with a SIGINT, SIGHUP, or SIGTERM, screenblank will re-enable the framebuffer.  The pid can be found in the file
     /var/run/screenblank.pid.

     The options are as follows:

     -b      Overriding the other options, simply try (once) to blank the framebuffer, then exit.

     -d inactivity-timeout
	     Wait the number of seconds specified by inactivity-timeout, expressed in the format ``xxx.xxx'', before disabling the framebuffer due
	     to inactivity.  The default is 600 seconds (10 minutes).

     -e wakeup-delay
	     Wait the number of seconds specified by wakeup-delay, expressed in the format ``xxx.xxx'', before re-enabling the framebuffer once
	     activity resumes.	The default is .25 seconds.

     -f framebuffer
	     Use the framebuffer device framebuffer instead of the default /dev/fb.

     -i input-device
	     Add input-device to the list of devices to monitor for activity.

     -k      Do not check the keyboard for activity.

     -m      Do not check the mouse for activity.

     -u      Overriding the other options, simply try (once) to unblank the framebuffer, then exit.

     Note that the -k and -m flags are mutually exclusive.

FILES

     /dev/kbd			 The keyboard device.

     /dev/mouse 		 The mouse device.

     /dev/console		 The console device.

     /dev/fb			 The default framebuffer.

     /dev/wskbd 		 The keyboard for wscons machines.

     /dev/wsmouse		 The mouse device for wscons machines.

     /dev/ttyE0 		 The console device for wscons machines.

     /var/run/screenblank.pid	 File containing the pid of screenblank.

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								September 23, 2006							       BSD

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