Re: Run prelink and other stuff not in cron but when screensaveris active.

[P draigBrady com]

Bill Rugolsky Jr. wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 29, 2003 at 08:26:55PM +0100, Jaap A. Haitsma wrote:
>
> > I sometime get a bit frustrated that a cron job starts while I'm 
> > working. Wouldn't it be nicer that this stuff would run when I'm not 
> > doing any work. I.e. when the screensaver is active. Maybe as a minor 
> > enhancement when the screensaver is active and there is not a process 
> > asking for cpu power /disk access. Sometimes I'm running compiling jobs 
> > which take quite a while.
>
>
> Several things.
>
> 1. anacron(8)
> 2. batch(1)
> 3. nice(1) and renice(8)
> 4. xscreensaver-command(1)
>
> With some combination of these, it is not too difficult to roll
> a (sub-optimal) solution using nothing more than scripting.

true.
This reminds me, that it's seriously annoying
that xscreensaver runs for vnc sessions. Seems
like an easy fix.

Pádraig.