On Thu, 2008-04-10 at 08:09 +0000, Andrew Oakley wrote: > Fair enough. The next best situation for Hardy, would be to perfect my > workaround script /etc/acpi/local/lid.sh.pre ( > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-power- > manager/+bug/41994/comments/21 ) > > Currently the script detects the XAUTHORITY and DISPLAY environment > variables in this manner: > > export XAUTHORITY=`ls -1 /home/*/.Xauthority` > export DISPLAY=:0 > > This is unreliable as I understand things (which may be wrong), since > with multiple concurrent logged-on desktop users ("switch users"), there > may be more than one .Xauthority file and more than one display. > > How, in a shell script or similar, can I detect the currently active > console .Xauthority and currently active console display, even if there > are multiple concurrent desktop users logged in?
You can use ConsoleKit: http://people.freedesktop.org/~mccann/doc/ConsoleKit/ConsoleKit.html using the dbus-send command line tools to query the current session and figure out it's properties. This should work with fast-user switching and other technologies. -- closed Laptop Lid to reliably keep Backlight off https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/41994 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
