Re: Evaluating 'system is idle'

2011-07-21 Thread Stefanos A.
2011/7/18 Marty Jack > 1. The power state of the monitor can change. This is mediated by the X > server, which has the FD to the kernel driver that actually does the work. > The X server runs a timer that is reset whenever there is activity on an > input device. > This is not 100% accurate. T

Evaluating 'system is idle'

2011-07-18 Thread Marty Jack
I bring this up because it has been on my mind for a while and this is a good opportunity to decide if we are doing what we want to and maybe improve the underlying mechanisms. There are a number of things that happen if the system has been 'idle' for some period of time. Different parts of th