[kde-linux] KDE screensaver and monitor blanking

[Blues Renegade]

Boyan Tabakov wrote:
> On 22.12.2006 13:48, Dale wrote:
>   
>>> on a more serious note: if you have access through ssh from another
>>> computer you could "sneak" in and check with top or ps what's going on.
>>> Or just use a blank screen for a a scre     ensaver.
>>> Or... make a little script that grep's for you screensaver in the process
>>> list:
>>>
>>> #! /bin/bash
>>> while test 1 = 1; do
>>>   date +%Y%m%d-%T >> ps.log
>>>   ps -A | grep -i [name of your screensaver] >> ps.log
>>>   sleep 10
>>> done
>>>
>>> (I'm not sure if the script would be working out-of-the-box, most likely
>>> you will have to finetune it).
>>>       
>> I don't have a way to ssh in right now but that is a good idea though.
>> I may just do a blank screen saver, for now.  Maybe when I get one of my
>> other three rigs up and running, I can try the ssh idea.  I network them
>> all through here anyway.  Just sort of reverse the idea.
>>
>> Me no good with bash, unless it is a crawling bug.  LOL
>>     
>
> What Andreas proposed to do with bash does not require you to use ssh. As far 
> as bash scripting is concerned, you can jus copy-paste the script he wrote 
> into a new file, save it and change its permissions as following:
> $ chmod a+x <name of script>
>
> Then run it and leave it running long enough for the screensaver to kick in 
> and the monitor to switch off. (Modify the timeouts so that you don't wait 
> too long). After that exit the screensaver, kill the logger with:
>
> $ killall <name of script>
>
> and read the log it has printed in the file ps.log in the directory where you 
> started the script.
>
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you can also run that script from the 'at' command. i.e.

$ at -f  running-procs.sh midnight