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kleskjr

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Registered: 2011-12-31

Posts: 34

[solved] How to check whether (x)screensaver is running

Hi there,
I playing with a script that tracks my pc behaviour. However, I can't figure
out how to check whether xscreensaver is currently running. Any ideas?
thanks!

Last edited by kleskjr (2015-07-01 20:26:43)

toz

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Registered: 2011-10-28

Posts: 513

Re: [solved] How to check whether (x)screensaver is running

Do you mean the process running:

pgrep xscreensaver

...or the screen blanked?

xscreensaver-command --time

Last edited by toz (2015-07-01 19:22:18)

kleskjr

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Registered: 2011-12-31

Posts: 34

Re: [solved] How to check whether (x)screensaver is running

Thanks toz!

 xscreensaver-command --time 

does the trick.
I did not notice the crucial difference in the following two lines:

XScreenSaver 5.32: screen non-blanked since Wed Jul  1 22:00:30 2015 (hack #188)
XScreenSaver 5.32: screen blanked since Wed Jul  1 22:02:21 2015 (hack #77)

cheers, kleskjr