[ltp] Re: Re: [ltp] USB and Powersaving

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Hello Dax,
did I get you right, that you see no way to get the USB-mouse "counting
as acivity" ???
there must be ways to do so... How does a desktop-box do so?
Do you think it is a hardware prob?

Dax Kelson <Dax@GuruLabs.com> schrieb am 10.06.2004, 19:18:00:
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>  ...... Original Message .......
> On Mon,  7 Jun 2004 08:50:01 +0200  wrote:
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> >Hello,
> >I've got a question: when The powersaving blanks the screen, I can
> >re-power it by using the touchpad or a key. If I attach my usb-mouse I
> >would like to be able to restore by moving the mouse...
> >This is not possible in the moment, the sreen stays blank!
> >
> >Any suggestions what direction to look after?
> 
> Yes. Last I looked xscreensaver monitored mouse and keyboard activity by 
> their IRQ interrupts via the file /proc/interrupts. USB mouse activity 
> isn't counting as acivity. 
> 
> Consequently if you are *just* using your USB mouse the screen will blank 
> on you even though you are using your system and USB mouse activity won't 
> trigger a unblank. 
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> Dax Kelson
> Guru Labs
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