Re: something triggering my screensaver timeout (login dialog) - sid, xfce
On Mon, Jan 06, 2014 at 12:17:37AM +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote:
> OK, time for some cannons:
>
> I wrote a brief wrapper script for xscreensaver and
> xscreensaver-command, and redirected the /usr/bin/ versions to my
> versions which output two lines to a log file. Heres some output:
>
> /home/justa/bin/xscreensaver-command -version
> Monday 6 January 00:11:15 EST 2014
> /home/justa/bin/xscreensaver-command -version
> Monday 6 January 00:11:45 EST 2014
> /home/justa/bin/xscreensaver-command -version
> Monday 6 January 00:12:15 EST 2014
> /home/justa/bin/xscreensaver-command -version
>
> SO! Every 30 seconds, /usr/bin/xscreensaver-command -version is being
> called by SOMETHING, which is causing xscreensaver to wake up, it
> seems!
What about lsof(1)¹
man lsof
[...]
+|-r [t[m<fmt>]]
puts lsof in repeat mode. There lsof lists open files as
selected by other options, delays t seconds (default
fifteen), then repeats the listing, delaying and listing
repetitively until stopped by a condition.
[...]
Good luck with actually getting it working. :)
> Any ideas how I might debug this further?
> Eg, is it possible to determine what's calling xscreensaver-command ?
Hopefully, you'll soon find out. :)
¹ For debugging, not that lsof could be the cause.
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