script for apps. that don't stop xscreensaver

Tuttle · 11-26-2004, 08:30 PM

I'm not the first person to do this, I just thought it might be useful to someone.

in a terminal type:

cd ~/
pico [application-name-here]

enter these immortal words:

Code:

#!/bin/sh
xscreensaver-command -exit
[application-name-here]
xscreensaver -no-splash &

then type:

ctrl+x
y
[enter-key]
chmod u+x ./[application-name-here]

then run it:
~/[application-name-here]

can anyone tell me how to get xscreensaver to recognise activity from my joystick /dev/input/js0 ??

nukkel · 11-27-2004, 08:18 AM

Code:

#!/bin/sh

while true; do
    xscreensaver-command -deactivate &
    sleep 60
done

this script will shut up xscreensaver as long as you leave it running. Useful when you don't want to write a script for every game you have...

Tuttle · 11-27-2004, 08:34 AM

nukkel · 11-27-2004, 03:20 PM

Oh yeah about your joystick: to do that will requiring changing the source code, but it won't be easy I think... Especially if it's an USB joystick. If it's serial or parallel port then there *may* be a way to do it, if you're interested in hacking it let me know an' I'll explain further but I'm not sure if it will work at all...

Tuttle · 11-28-2004, 08:45 AM

naa, it's a saitek cyborg evo usb. Thanks for the info though :~]

nukkel · 11-29-2004, 02:17 PM

sure thing

see you 'round