[Kde-kiosk] Idle Logout/Time Out

[Peter]

Hi,

Wout Mertens writes:
 > On Thu, 12 Dec 2002, Peter wrote:
 > > Wout Mertens writes:
 > >  > On Wed, 11 Dec 2002, Peter wrote:
 > >  > > Chris Howells writes:
 > >  > > well, yes, thats right, but without the timeout option, though...
 > >  > >
 > >  > > anyways it would go like this (or at least did in kde 3.0):
 > >  > >
 > >  > > --------------------------------------8<--------------------------------------
 > >  > >
 > >  > > #!/bin/bash
 > >  > > kio_uiserver
 > >  > > jobid=`dcop kio_uiserver UIServer newJob myApp false`
 > >  > > dcop kio_uiserver UIServer messageBox $jobid 5 "my message" myApp yes no
 > >  > > dcop kio_uiserver UIServer jobFinished $jobid
 > >  > >
 > >  > > --------------------------------------8<--------------------------------------
 > >  >
 > >  > Well, it also works in KDE 2.2.1. But it also pops up the IO transfer
 > >  > window until the jobFinished message, which seems silly to me.
 > >
 > > no, it doesn't, thats what the `false' argument is for.
 > 
 > Ah, I guess that's the difference between KDE2 and KDE3 :) Fair enough...
 > 
 > On KDE2, it also shows a box with only a "close" button. I think you mean
 > to have Yes and No buttons?
 > 
 > >  > Another way would be to use artsmessage, which has a very high probability
 > >  > of being installed together with KDE. It also doesn't have a timeout, but
 > >  > you could use this construct:
 > >  >
 > >  > #!/bin/bash
 > >  > artsmessage -w "Are you there?" &
 > >  > sleep 30
 > >  > kill $! 2>/dev/null
 > >
 > > yes, this construct would work, and could also be used with the dcop
 > > UIserver thing above.
 > 

have to correct myself, you have to kill kio_uiserver for the message
box to disappear, like `killall kio_uiserver' instead of `kill $!'.

 > yup, you're right. And something I most recently learned: you can do it
 > like this:
 > command & sleep 30; kill $! 2>/dev/null
 > 
 > By the time the shell evaluates the $!, it will already contain the PID of
 > the backgrounded process...
 > 

bye,

	Peter

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