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Top Forums UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users Move mouse to disable screensaver? Post 302172822 by odys on Tuesday 4th of March 2008 06:29:59 PM
Old 03-04-2008
Hi,

I think you could consider using "xset" for controlling screen saver.

Regards,
 

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gnome-screensaver-command(1)				      General Commands Manual				      gnome-screensaver-command(1)

NAME
gnome-screensaver-command - controls GNOME screensaver SYNOPSIS
gnome-screensaver-command [OPTION...] DESCRIPTION
gnome-screensaver-command is a tool for controlling an already running instance of gnome-screensaver. OPTIONS
--exit Causes the screensaver to exit gracefully -q, --query Query the state of the screensaver -t, --time Query the length of time the screensaver has been active -l, --lock Tells the running screensaver process to lock the screen immediately -c, --cycle If the screensaver is active then switch to another graphics demo -a, --activate Turn the screensaver on (blank the screen) -d, --deactivate If the screensaver is active then deactivate it (un-blank the screen) -p, --poke Poke the running screensaver to simulate user activity -i, --inhibit Inhibit the screensaver from activating. Command blocks while inhibit is active. -n, --application-name The calling application that is inhibiting the screensaver -r, --reason The reason for inhibiting the screensaver -V, --version Version of this application AUTHORS
gnome-screensaver-command is written by William Jon McCann <mccann@jhu.edu>. This manual page was written by Sven Arvidsson <sa@whiz.se>. SEE ALSO
gnome-screensaver(1) GNOME
2007-09-27 gnome-screensaver-command(1)
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