"Stay alive" utility for Ubuntu?

Pongo A. Pan pongo_pan at charter.net
Mon Apr 4 14:03:47 UTC 2011


On Mon, 2011-04-04 at 02:57 +0000, Jeffrey Needle wrote:
> Using latest build of Ubuntu on my desktop.
> 
> Sometimes when I'm watching a movie that goes longer than 2 hours, I'm 
> wishing my screensaver wouldn't activate.  There's activity on the 
> screen, but none on the keyboard.  Is there some utility I can use to 
> prevent the screensaver from activating if there is movement on the 
> screen?

In GNOME add the power-manager-inhibit applet to your panel.

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pongo pan
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