02-25-2009
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I was thinking if there is a way that i can go about making my screen go black automatically for about 10seconds, (with a message like "take a break" printed on the screen) and after 10seconds everything comes back to normal....
is there any way that i can do this...???
Configure your screensaver to do it. It's not a scripting problem.
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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN
xdg-screensaver
XDG-SCREENSAVER(1) xdg-screensaver Manual XDG-SCREENSAVER(1)
NAME
xdg-screensaver - command line tool for controlling the screensaver
SYNOPSIS
xdg-screensaver suspend WindowID
xdg-screensaver resume WindowID
xdg-screensaver {activate | lock | reset | status}
xdg-screensaver {--help | --manual | --version}
DESCRIPTION
xdg-screensaver provides commands to control the screensaver.
xdg-screensaver is for use inside a desktop session only. It is not recommended to use xdg-screensaver as root.
COMMANDS
suspend WindowID
Suspends the screensaver and monitor power management. WindowID must be the X Window ID of an existing window of the calling
application. The window must remain in existence for the duration of the suspension.
WindowID can be represented as either a decimal number or as a hexadecimal number consisting of the prefix 0x followed by one or more
hexadecimal digits.
The screensaver can be suspended in relation to multiple windows at the same time. In that case screensaver operation is only restored
once the screensaver has been resumed in relation to each of the windows
resume WindowID
Resume the screensaver and monitor power management after being suspended. WindowID must be the same X Window ID that was passed to a
previous call of xdg-screensaver suspend
activate
Turns the screensaver on immediately. This may result in the screen getting locked, depending on existing system policies.
lock
Lock the screen immediately.
reset
Turns the screensaver off immediately. If the screen was locked the user may be asked to authenticate first.
status
Prints enabled to stdout if the screensaver is enabled to turn on after a period of inactivity and prints disabled if the screensaver
is not enabled.
OPTIONS
--help
Show command synopsis.
--manual
Show this manual page.
--version
Show the xdg-utils version information.
EXIT CODES
An exit code of 0 indicates success while a non-zero exit code indicates failure. The following failure codes can be returned:
1
Error in command line syntax.
3
A required tool could not be found.
4
The action failed.
EXAMPLES
xdg-screensaver suspend 0x1c00007
Causes the screensaver to be disabled till xdg-screensaver resume 0x1c00007 is called. 0x1c00007 must be the X Window ID of an existing
window.
AUTHOR
Bryce Harrington
Author.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2006
xdg-utils 1.0 08/18/2014 XDG-SCREENSAVER(1)