[gentoo-user] Re: controlling xscreensaver throttle

[»Q«]

In <news:1180742744.15806.3.camel@orpheus>,
Iain Buchanan <iaindb@××××××××××××.au> wrote:

> On Fri, 2007-05-25 at 20:09 -0500, »Q« wrote:
> > I'm using a laptop, and I'd like xscreensaver to just display a
> > blank screen when running on battery power.  The command
> >
> > $ xscreensaver-command --throttle
>
> [snip]
>
> > But when xscreensaver kicks in because of idle time, it's
> > unthrottled no matter the power source, and I can't find a way to
> > control that.  If I could control this, I'd be happy.  The stuff
> > below about suspending is less important to me.
>
> how about running a daemon to watch the output of
> `xscreensaver-command -watch`
> instead of using your script.  That way, regardless of what kicks off
> the screensaver (you or the timeout) you can then do some action to
> it.

[snip my stuff about resuming from suspend2]
 
> I think the above solution could work here too.

Yes, thanks.  That looks like a good idea, and I'll try it when I get
some time to tinker.

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