[ltp] USB and Powersaving

[Sean Dague]

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On Thu, Jun 10, 2004 at 11:18:00AM -0600, Dax Kelson wrote:
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>  ...... Original Message .......
> On Mon,  7 Jun 2004 08:50:01 +0200 <veith@codezilla.de> 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?
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> Yes. Last I looked xscreensaver monitored mouse and keyboard activity by=
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> their IRQ interrupts via the file /proc/interrupts. USB mouse activity=20
> isn't counting as acivity.=20
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> Consequently if you are *just* using your USB mouse the screen will blank=
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> on you even though you are using your system and USB mouse activity won't=
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> trigger a unblank.=20

xscreensaver actually uses a much more complex method to determine idle,
which will pick up a usb mouse fine.  (xscreensaver/driver/timers.c for
those what are interested).  I use a usb mouse at home and in the office and
have no issue with it.

	-Sean

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Sean Dague                                       Mid-Hudson Valley
sean at dague dot net                            Linux Users Group
http://dague.net                                 http://mhvlug.org

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