xssstate

a simple utility to get the X screensaver state
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      1 Xssstate
      2 ========
      3 This  is  a  simple utility to get the state of the X screensaver exten‐
      4 sion.  These states include the idle time, the screensaver state and the
      5 time how long to wait until the screensaver should be active.
      6 
      7 The values for the states in X can be changed using xset(1).
      8 
      9 Turn off the screensaver:
     10 
     11 	% xset s 0
     12 
     13 Turn on the screensaver after 60 seconds inactivity:
     14 
     15 	% xset s 60
     16 
     17 Force the screensaver to be active:
     18 
     19 	% xset s blank
     20 
     21 For more options, see xset(1).
     22 
     23 
     24 Example script
     25 --------------
     26 In  xsidle.sh is an example script how to use this for a background ser‐
     27 vice that will control your screensaver. This  can  be  used  to  invoke
     28 slock(1) using following command:
     29 
     30 	% xsidle.sh slock &
     31 
     32 This should be useful in your $HOME/.xinitrc file.
     33 
     34 Have fun!