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    SubjectRe: [ANNOUNCE] System Inactivity Monitor v1.0

    On Jan 19 2007 10:11, Pavel Machek wrote:
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    >> this is a new 2.6.20 module implementing a user inactivity trigger. Basically
    >> it acts as an event sniffer, issuing an ACPI event when no user activity is
    >> detected for more than a certain amount of time. This event can be successively
    >> grabbed and managed by an user-level daemon such as acpid, blanking the screen,
    >> dimming the lcd-panel light ? la mac, etc...
    >
    >While functionality is extremely interesting.... does it really have
    >to be in kernel?

    I think so. While the X server grabs off any keyboard and mouse activity
    on its own, there is no such thing for the [read "all"] console[s].
    Mouse movement (e.g. GPM) is actually implemented in the kernel,
    and screen blanking (the one controlled with "\e[9;x]") is too.


    -`J'
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