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The requests for me to release Xlockup 2.0 have been piling up so I have
finally started working on it.  I think I need some help with one of the
requested enhancements however.

First of all, what is Xlockup?  In short, Xlockup is a xview based tool
similar to xautolock which will invoke the lockscreen program of your
choice when an inactivity timeout has been reached.  It has a slidebar
for adjusting the timeout and buttons for selecting options and is
generally more gui than such a simple program needs to be ;-).  Still,
people seem to like it so I'll add some more options.

One option people have requested is the ability to use it on a remote
session (such as an X-terminal).  Currently I check the timeout by
doing a stat command on the mouse and keyboard devices.  This works
fine for local loggins, but not for remote ones.  I am at a loss as
to how and get the inactivity time for a remote X session.  Any help
would be greatly appreciated, even something as simple as *read this
part of such-n-such book*.

By the way, anyone wanting to take a look at the current (slightly
buggy) release of Xlockup can FTP it from the /software directory
of tinman.mke.ab.com.  It currently is configured to compile on a
Sun workstation, though I am attempting to make the next release
more portable.

Thanks in advance,

--
Thad Phetteplace
Network Systems Analyst, Allen-Bradley Co.
Phone: (414)382-4461
Email: tdphette@mke.ab.com

The opinions expressed here are entirely my own and not that of my employer.
I am not a slob, I am simply doing an experiment in domestic entropy!