AUTO MOUSE MOVER INSTALL

I can then leave the installation knowing that it will not suspend to RAM and that the screensaver will not kick in. Whenever I want to fool the OS into thinking a user is moving the mouse, I double-click on the mouse icon on the Desktop and the Bash script is launched in a minimised xterm window, which I can see on the Panel.

AUTO MOUSE MOVER INSTALL

Use the distribution’s package manager to install xterm and xdotool if they are not already installed.Ĥ. (In installations that use KDE or GNOME I replace the ‘ LXDE‘ above with ‘ KDE‘ or ‘ GNOME‘, as appropriate.)ģ. GenericName=Keep mouse moving automatically Create a Desktop Configuration File ‘ /home/fitzcarraldo/Desktop/keep_mouse_sktop‘ containing the following:Ĭomment=Keep mouse moving automaticallyĮxec=xterm -iconic -e 'bash -c /home/fitzcarraldo/keep_mouse_moving.sh' # Set LENGTH to 0 if you do not want the mouse pointer to move. # does not occur while listening to music or watching a video (with sound). # Script to keep mouse pointer moving while audio is playing so that, for example, Suspend to RAM timeout If you only want to prevent the OS from suspending while music is playing or you are watching a video (with audio), then a simple modification to the script can achieve that: While the script is running you are not precluded from moving the mouse manually as well. Xdotool mousemove_relative -polar $ANGLE $LENGTHĭo not forget to make the script executable.Īs you can see in the above script, it is possible to control how much, if at all, the mouse pointer actually moves on the screen. # Set DELAY to the desired number of seconds between each move of the mouse pointer. 100 if you want to see more easily the mouse pointer move. # Set LENGTH to 1 if you want the mouse pointer to move just a tiny fraction. # Set LENGTH to 0 if you do not want the mouse pointer to actually move. # of the screen then change mousemove_relative to mousemove in the xdotool command below. However, if you prefer it to move around the centre # on the screen where you place the pointer. # The mouse pointer will move around its current position on the screen, i.e. # Script to keep mouse pointer moving so that, for example, Suspend to RAM timeout does not occur. Create a Bash script ‘ /home/fitzcarraldo/keep_mouse_moving.sh‘ containing the following: There are various ways of doing this, but the method I prefer is given below.ġ. I could of course launch the system’s power manager GUI and temporarily disable Suspend to RAM or increase the timeout, but I prefer to use a shell script, launched by double-clicking on a Desktop icon, to move the mouse pointer automatically to fool the OS into believing someone is using the machine.

Sometimes I want to override the timeout for example if I have left something running in a terminal window or I have left the package manager in a virtual machine upgrading the guest installation. My various Linux installations all have Suspend to RAM enabled with a specified timeout.

Auto mouse mover