[lug] Auto logout

rm at fabula.de rm at fabula.de
Wed Oct 30 07:45:57 MST 2002


On Wed, Oct 30, 2002 at 03:34:19PM +0100, rm at fabula.de wrote:
> [...]
>    basically kills a X-using programs the user currently has running
                    ^
		    all

As an addendum: this is more of a semantic problem than a 
technical problem. Maybe, instead of asking us _what_ to do you
could tell us _why_ you need something. Are you affraid of wasting
expensive CPU cycles or similar resources? Then the answer would
be: don't bother, Linux will move inactive applications to swap
anyway. Or do you want to safe energy ? ACPI would be a place to
llok at. Or is it a security concern? Then i'd suggest a X screen-
saver that has password protection.

 Ralf



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