[kde-linux] Count idle time...

Jonathan Chen (jonachen) jonachen at cisco.com
Wed Aug 10 00:11:40 UTC 2005


You know your idea would work,  Just that how would it be excuted?

I can't have it as a screensaver to turn it on.   This automatic log out
from KDE can not be changed by the user.  It  would be an administrative
function on KDE 3.1.3(Yes, I know its old. I wish I can upgrade too!). 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pollywog [mailto:linux-kde at shadypond.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 11:04 AM
> To: kde-linux at kde.org
> Subject: Re: [kde-linux] Count idle time...
> 
> On 08/09/2005 05:47 pm, Pollywog wrote:
> > On 08/09/2005 05:39 pm, Jonathan Chen (jonachen) wrote:
> > > It's worth checking out...
> > >
> > > But it might be best to find a program that tells me the 
> statistic 
> > > of X session being idle like the 'w' command.  I wish the 'w' 
> > > command can detect X session too.  Then I would have working bash 
> > > script. =(
> >
> > I just tried something and it worked.  I put a script in 
> ~/bin/kde_logout:
> > #!/bin/sh
> > dcop ksmserver ksmserver logout 0 0 0
> >
> > Then on the command line I did this and walked away for 5 mins:
> >
> > xautolock -time 5 -locker bin/kde_logout &
> >
> > I returned 5 mins later and I had been logged out of my 
> idle kde session.
> 
> I don't know but perhaps the "top" command will give you what 
> you need.
> If all you want to do is logout idle users from an X session 
> (I use kdm), you could do what I did, but put it in the kdm 
> startup scripts so it starts as the user.  If you want to do 
> the same thing for shells, the idle daemon
> (idled) might do it, but I believe idled is no longer 
> supported, so you would be on your own if you download it.
> 
> 
> 8)
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