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Re: autolock console



On Wed, Apr 08, 2009 at 10:26:27AM +1000, Daniel Dalton wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On the standard console (alt+ctr+f1), no x session running, is it
> possible to run a command after a certain number of minutes where no
> keys have been pressed? Like the gnome screen saver, except for the
> console. I want to be able to run vlock after say 15 minutes with no one
> pressing anything on the keyboard.

The kernel blanks the screen after N minutes, right? I wonder how it knows that
it's time to do so? Can that be hooked somehow?

Cheers,

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