[mythtv-users] MythFrontend only suspend mode options...

[Thomas Boehm]

On 10/01/15 09:13, Raymond Boettcher wrote:
> I considered checking the monitor to see if it has been blanked and
> checking the CPU usage to see if its at 0 or near 0.  Even the Mp3
> Player will create some CPU load which will prevent standby.  However,
> my attempts to dive into /proc/stat has been interesting, and granted I
> could probably figure out what all the numbers mean, I don't really see
> this as the best approach in handling this.

I use xscreensaver and run this little script every x minutes

|         SCREENSAVER_INACTIVE=$(xscreensaver-command -time
2>/dev/null|grep -E "\ blanked" >/dev/null;echo $?)
|         if [ $SCREENSAVER_INACTIVE -eq 0 ];then
|                 sudo /usr/sbin/pm-suspend
|         fi

I'm not using mythmusic, so I don't know whether the screensaver kicks
in while playing. If you want to check for other conditions just extend
the "if query" accordingly.

HTH
Thomas