Script to start/stop screensaver

So what you're looking for is a script that kills xscreensaver & xfce4-power-manager before you watch the Flash video, then restarts them after you're done?

Why not make it simple and use two - one to kill them, another to restart them?

#!bin/bash
pkill xscreensaver &
pkill xfce4-power-manager &

#!bin/bash
xfce4-power-manager &
xscreensaver -no-splash &

Easy peasy!

EDIT:  `pkill xfce4-power-manager` won't work...this should do better:

#!bin/bash
pkill xscreensaver
kill `pidof xfce4-power-manager`

Also, you shouldn't need the ampersands in the kill script.

re-EDIT:  Shortened the code a little.

Last edited by pvsage (2011-05-08 16:11:15)

OK, so you want an if-then-else script to toggle them on and off.  Here's a quick-and-dirty one:

#!/bin/bash
if [ "$(pidof xfce4-power-manager)" ]
then
   pkill xscreensaver
   kill `pidof xfce4-power-manager`
else
   xfce4-power-manager &
   xscreensaver -no-splash &
fi

This is easiest to monitor if you have xfce4-power-manager set to always display an icon in the systray...if the icon isn't there, the power manager is down.

EDIT:  Forgot the root slash in the hashbang...

re-EDIT:  I just tested this on my netbook, and it works.  Don't forget to put it in your path (I prefer ~/bin) and make it executable.  Bind it to a keyboard shortcut...wax on, wax off.

Last edited by pvsage (2011-05-08 16:54:45)