On 09Nov2020 22:47, Tom H <tomh0...@gmail.com> wrote:
>On Sat, Nov 7, 2020 at 10:22 PM Cameron Simpson <c...@cskk.id.au>
>wrote:
>> Dunno, but maybe you can disable what it measures. Do your xterms
>> make entries in wtmp (listed by "w" and "who")? Is so, ISTR that
>> xterm has an option to not do that (look for "wtmp" in the manual
>> IIRC). See if disabling that helps.
>
>"w" and "who" look at "/var/run/utmp".
>
>"last" looks at "/var/log/wtmp".

Thank you for this correction, brain fade on my part.

>You can use "xterm*utmpInhibit: true" in "~/.Xresources" to prevent
>xterm from updating utmp. But it's hard to believe that this is what's
>messing with the other Tom H's system. Maybe...

Cheers,
Cameron Simpson <c...@cskk.id.au>
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