There's no portable way to do this. You can target a particular screen locker and often times they will have an option or way to send a message to the screen locker to stop locking. Some desktop screen lockers will look for particular power mgmt profiling to determine if they should lock or not.
If you want to disable it permanently, you should be able to do this in System -> Preferences -> Screensaver. Then you could manually lock your screen when you feel it is needed.
Since you're saying RHEL 5.4, you can send the gnome-screensaver a dbus message to inhibit locking with:
That command will return an integer string (cookie)... use that to UnInhibit
Good day. :)
I don't know exactly where or how to post this kind of stuff, but I though I'd like to have a look at my "Screen Saver" in progress. Comments welcome.
This uses bash. Just copy and pase into any file. Make o+x and run. Feel free to edit and change all u like.
Thanks.
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Hi All,
I'm on Solaris10-intel and I'm on the classic GUI, CDE. Can't find the control for screen saver. Is there's a command line equivalent?
Thanks in advance,
itik (0 Replies)
I am using sun solaris machine i have given the specs of that machine given below
Name of athe Platform : SUNW,Ultra-5_10
Machiene hardware :sun4u
Processor Type :sparc
Operating system : solaris 10
Monitory TYpe : SAMSUNG Sync Master... (2 Replies)
Hi Guy,
In order to monitor the user sessions, I have put the screen tool in the .profile in order to record the whole session.
However, when the user logs in, the screen command is executed and the screen is first cleared, then the command prompt appears. so, I basically want to disable the... (2 Replies)
I am using solaris 10 x86, i am trying to create my own sreensavers using the pictures in my folder. pls can someone tell on how to go about this (1 Reply)
Good Morning.
I have a question about screen savers in LINUX especially CENTOS. I don't seem to have a problem setting the screen saver with a password required for the root account(version 5.3). I'm told earlier versions you could not set it for. I was wondering if newer versions of LINUX had... (1 Reply)
Hi,
At work, the PC Windows 7 goes to screen saver mode after 10 minutes. I don't have access to change that. It's grayed out for me. After 10 minutes, the IM will say " AWAY" and my email status will say " AWAY ". Email and IM both are from Microsoft.
My question is there any work... (2 Replies)
Hi all, I'm running CentOS 7. When the machine is left alone for a few minutes, a screen saver or blanker or something comes up with a clock and date on it. You have to swipe this to get back to the desktop. I'm trying desperately to get rid of this so that it never comes up. No matter how long... (1 Reply)
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xactivatescreensaver
XSetScreenSaver(3X11)XSetScreenSaver(3X11)NAME
XSetScreenSaver, XForceScreenSaver, XActivateScreenSaver, XResetScreenSaver, XGetScreenSaver - manipulate the screen saver
SYNOPSIS
XSetScreenSaver(display, timeout, interval, prefer_blanking, allow_exposures)
Display *display;
int timeout, interval;
int prefer_blanking;
int allow_exposures;
XForceScreenSaver(display, mode)
Display *display;
int mode;
XActivateScreenSaver(display)
Display *display;
XResetScreenSaver(display)
Display *display;
XGetScreenSaver(display, timeout_return, interval_return, prefer_blanking_return, allow_exposures_return)
Display *display;
int *timeout_return, *interval_return;
int *prefer_blanking_return;
int *allow_exposures_return;
ARGUMENTS
Specifies the screen save control values. You can pass DontAllowExposures, AllowExposures, or DefaultExposures. Returns the current screen
save control value (DontAllowExposures, AllowExposures, or DefaultExposures). Specifies the connection to the X server. Specifies the
interval, in seconds, between screen saver alterations. Returns the interval between screen saver invocations. Specifies the mode that is
to be applied. You can pass ScreenSaverActive or ScreenSaverReset. Specifies how to enable screen blanking. You can pass DontPreferBlank-
ing, PreferBlanking, or DefaultBlanking. Returns the current screen blanking preference (DontPreferBlanking, PreferBlanking, or Default-
Blanking). Specifies the timeout, in seconds, until the screen saver turns on. Returns the timeout, in seconds, until the screen saver
turns on.
DESCRIPTION
Timeout and interval are specified in seconds. A timeout of 0 disables the screen saver (but an activated screen saver is not deactivated),
and a timeout of -1 restores the default. Other negative values generate a BadValue error. If the timeout value is nonzero, XSetScreenSaver
enables the screen saver. An interval of 0 disables the random-pattern motion. If no input from devices (keyboard, mouse, and so on) is
generated for the specified number of timeout seconds once the screen saver is enabled, the screen saver is activated.
For each screen, if blanking is preferred and the hardware supports video blanking, the screen simply goes blank. Otherwise, if either
exposures are allowed or the screen can be regenerated without sending Expose events to clients, the screen is tiled with the root window
background tile randomly re-origined each interval seconds. Otherwise, the screens' state do not change, and the screen saver is not acti-
vated. The screen saver is deactivated, and all screen states are restored at the next keyboard or pointer input or at the next call to
XForceScreenSaver with mode ScreenSaverReset.
If the server-dependent screen saver method supports periodic change, the interval argument serves as a hint about how long the change
period should be, and zero hints that no periodic change should be made. Examples of ways to change the screen include scrambling the col-
ormap periodically, moving an icon image around the screen periodically, or tiling the screen with the root window background tile, ran-
domly re-origined periodically.
XSetScreenSaver can generate a BadValue error.
If the specified mode is ScreenSaverActive and the screen saver currently is deactivated, XForceScreenSaver activates the screen saver even
if the screen saver had been disabled with a timeout of zero. If the specified mode is ScreenSaverReset and the screen saver currently is
enabled, XForceScreenSaver deactivates the screen saver if it was activated, and the activation timer is reset to its initial state (as if
device input had been received).
XForceScreenSaver can generate a BadValue error.
The XActivateScreenSaver function activates the screen saver.
The XResetScreenSaver function resets the screen saver.
The XGetScreenSaver function gets the current screen saver values.
DIAGNOSTICS
Some numeric value falls outside the range of values accepted by the request. Unless a specific range is specified for an argument, the
full range defined by the argument's type is accepted. Any argument defined as a set of alternatives can generate this error.
SEE ALSO
Xlib -- C Language X Interface
XSetScreenSaver(3X11)