This Program turns off the display automatically after a period of inactivity and turns it on again when an key/mouse event was triggered.
In the bin/ folder exists a precompiled version for the RaspberryPi with Raspbian.
##Requirements:
- The mouse triggers
/dev/input/mice, the keyboard triggers/dev/input/event0(one of them have to be available) fgconsoleandchvtare installed under/bin/(for a workaround to refresh the display correctly)- tvservice (https://github.com/raspberrypi/userland/tree/master/host_applications/linux/apps/tvservice) is installed under
/opt/vc/bin/tvservice(to turn the screen on/off)
On a RaspberryPi this should work out of the box with the precompiled version (tested with RaspberryPi 2 and B+).
##Build
Just do a make all in the root folder
##Usage
ass [options]
The following options are available:
| Options | Desription |
|---|---|
-h |
shows the help |
-t <timeout> |
sets the timeout in seconds (default is 30) |
-v |
enables verbose messages |
If you only use the console and no XServer you will receive sudo: xrefresh: command not found when the screen is turned back on. You could ignore that.
##Examples
This command will turn the screen off after 300 seconds of inactivity (no key pressed and mouse not moved). If you then press a key or move the mouse it will turn on again.
$ ./ass -t 300
To start the program in the background use: ```$ ./ass -t 300 &``
##Notice
If you want to trigger something else than a display shutdown after the timeout (eg. logoff the current user) you can do that with the program too. You just have to change the value of SCREEN_OFF in the source file and build it.You could also use other input files by changing MOUSEFILE or KEYBOARDFILE.