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[ubuntu netbook remix] Laptop won't go idle even though it is inactive

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http://ubuntuforums.org – I have an Asus Eee 1005-HA and I am using 9.10 NBR. I am having some problems with it not going idle when it should. I have it set to turn on the screensave after 1 minute of idle (and suspend after 10). Sometimes these things work fine. Other times, it doesn't go idle at all (even if I have no programs running) - the screensaver just doesn't come on. Other times, the screensaver starts to come on, but then before it goes all the way dim, the screensaver goes off as if something woke it up. Help? (Hardware)

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Greetings all: I have the following environment: - Ubuntu 12.04 with Unity I've installed XScreenSaver, then removed it using Synaptic Manager, whenever the computer is idle for 10min, the screen went blank, after searching web, I took the following steps: - System Settings > Power > Suspend when inactive for set to Don't suspend - System Settings > Brightness and Lock > Turn screen of

Gentlemen,

A very basic question here. I am trying to set up a Python development environment to learn the language. I have Python 2.7.3 running on Linux mint14. I downloaded IDLE and installed it too, as I need a tabbing editor, and syntax highlighting won't hurt. Clean installs and Python runs just fine. I am past "Hello World!".

So how do I invoke IDLE?

Is there any way to monitor if a X session is inactive for i.e 10 minutes? And I would execute a command when it happens, like a screensaver, but it's not a screensaver in this case.

Shutdown when idle 15 weeks 3 days ago

Does increasing the time for screensaver to tick in help? I.e., settings -> screensaver.   Your solution might beto turn off hibernation.  Does locking the screen beforeit sleeps help?Sheng-Chieh

Hi all, Anyone noticing intermittent problems with the screensaver not kicking in or the display not sleeping? This is in gnome under F11.

I have the Power Management Preferences set to put the display to sleep after 30 minutes of inactivity and gnome screensaver is configured for 5 minutes idle time.

I have Ubuntu 11.04 (natty).

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I tried to use awk command on centos 5.5 with cat test.txt|awk '{idle+=$idle;idle=-idle}END{print $idle}'; and in the test.txt file contain above number10 1001000 10000... [by migkie]

I want to check, inside a bash script (*), how long the user of a X session has been idle.

The user himself does not have to be using bash, but just X. If the user just moved the mouse, for example, a good answer would be "idle for 0 seconds".

I want to write a script that will show how many minutes the user is idle. Since the last touch of the keyboard and mouse. Example:

#!/bin/bash while true do command_lines... ... sleep 60 echo $var done

Result:

The computer/user is idle for 1 minute.

The computer/user is idle for 2 minute.

...

The computer/user is idle for 5 minute.

...

Can we do that?