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Daniel Feenberg wrote: > Further search on google suggests the only way to accomplish this is to > write a cron job that periodically consults the "w" command for idle > times. Another option to consider, if you're using a distribution that supports it, is to hook into an upstart event. Suspend/hibernate are apparently among the events it handles: http://lwn.net/Articles/351013/ The real value of upstart is that it also handles the hibernate and suspend processes. Instead of having separate, semi-magical scripts to handle the suspend process, upstart uses the same scripts as it would if it were shutting down whatever needs to be shut down. More on upstart here: http://upstart.ubuntu.com/ though oddly no mention of "suspend" or "hibernate" on it's wiki: http://upstart.ubuntu.com/wiki/ I guess they don't enumerate the common signals it handles. -Tom -- Tom Metro Venture Logic, Newton, MA, USA "Enterprise solutions through open source." Professional Profile: http://tmetro.venturelogic.com/
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