On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 4:52 PM, Kent West <we...@acu.edu> wrote: > I'm trying to work on a home-grown kiosk using Jessie. > > I've got 90% of it done, but I need it to logout after a certain time of > inactivity, but only after the computer has been used at least once since > the last start of X (otherwise it'll just be in a slow loop of restarting > X). > > In other words, something like: > > - boot into X > - sit idly for 20 minutes, 2 hours, 3 days, whatever, screensaver running, > until a guest comes up and uses the kiosk > - The guest walks away from the kiosk > - 2 minutes later the screensaver kicks in, and X restarts > > (It might also be nice to have a 15-second delay when the guest can awaken > the screensaver, aborting the restart.) > > I'm having a really hard time figuring out how to do this. Any ideas? > > Thanks! > > > I think I've got the basic logic worked out, but I need some help with the syntax.
In my .xinitrc, I have export FRESH_X=TRUE Then I want to have a script that sits and waits for a keypress or a mouse activity; this is where I need the syntax help. When that script sees keyboard or mouse activity, it will export FRESH_X=FALSE I'll configure the xscreensaver-command --watch to watch for the screen saver to go BLANK, and when it does to check the status of FRESH_X ; if FRESH_X is FALSE, and the screensaver activates, I can set a 10-second time, check again to make sure the screensaver is still active, and then run my logout. But I need help with the syntax of checking for a keypress or mouse activity. I've looked at xinput and xev and another tool something like xenv, but I can't figure out the syntax in a bash if/then statement. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks! -- Kent West <")))>< Westing Peacefully - http://kentwest.blogspot.com
