xdg-screensaver - command line tool for controlling the screensaver
xdg-screensaver suspend WindowID
xdg-screensaver resume WindowID
xdg-screensaver {activate | lock | reset | status}
xdg-screensaver {--help | --manual | --version}
XDG-SCREENSAVER(1) xdg-screensaver Manual XDG-SCREENSAVER(1)
NAME
xdg-screensaver - command line tool for controlling the screensaver
SYNOPSIS
xdg-screensaver suspend WindowID
xdg-screensaver resume WindowID
xdg-screensaver {activate | lock | reset | status}
xdg-screensaver {--help | --manual | --version}
DESCRIPTION
xdg-screensaver provides commands to control the screensaver.
xdg-screensaver is for use inside a desktop session only. It is not
recommended to use xdg-screensaver as root.
COMMANDS
suspend WindowID
Suspends the screensaver and monitor power management. WindowID
must be the X Window ID of an existing window of the calling
application. The window must remain in existence for the duration
of the suspension.
WindowID can be represented as either a decimal number or as a
hexadecimal number consisting of the prefix 0x followed by one or
more hexadecimal digits.
The screensaver can be suspended in relation to multiple windows at
the same time. In that case screensaver operation is only restored
once the screensaver has been resumed in relation to each of the
windows
resume WindowID
Resume the screensaver and monitor power management after being
suspended. WindowID must be the same X Window ID that was passed
to a previous call of xdg-screensaver suspend
activate
Turns the screensaver on immediately. This may result in the screen
getting locked, depending on existing system policies.
lock
Lock the screen immediately.
reset
Turns the screensaver off immediately. If the screen was locked the
user may be asked to authenticate first.
status
Prints enabled to stdout if the screensaver is enabled to turn on
after a period of inactivity and prints disabled if the screensaver
is not enabled.
OPTIONS
--help
Show command synopsis.
--manual
Show this manual page.
--version
Show the xdg-utils version information.
EXIT CODES
An exit code of 0 indicates success while a non-zero exit code
indicates failure. The following failure codes can be returned:
1
Error in command line syntax.
3
A required tool could not be found.
4
The action failed.
EXAMPLES
xdg-screensaver suspend 0x1c00007
Causes the screensaver to be disabled till xdg-screensaver resume
0x1c00007 is called. 0x1c00007 must be the X Window ID of an existing
window.
AUTHOR
Bryce Harrington
Author.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2006
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+---------------+-----------------------+
|ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+---------------+-----------------------+
|Availability | desktop/xdg/xdg-utils |
+---------------+-----------------------+
|Stability | Pass-through volatile |
+---------------+-----------------------+
NOTES
Source code for open source software components in Oracle Solaris can
be found at https://www.oracle.com/downloads/opensource/solaris-source-
code-downloads.html.
This software was built from source available at
https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland. The original community
source was downloaded from https://github.com/freedesktop/xdg-
utils/archive/v1.1.3.tar.gz.
Further information about this software can be found on the open source
community website at https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/xdg-
utils/.
xdg-utils 1.0 06/27/2022 XDG-SCREENSAVER(1)