XIdleRun is a small command line tool that waits for a certain time in seconds the user hasn't interacted with X11. After that it will run a command.
You need these packets installed
| Packet | Description |
|---|---|
| libx11-dev | X11 client-side library (development headers) |
| libxext-dev | X11 miscellaneous extensions library (development headers) |
| libxss-dev | X11 Screen Saver extension library (development headers) |
On Ubuntu this line will do:
sudo apt install libx11-dev libxext-dev libxss-dev
Then compile it like so:
make
xidlerun [-t seconds] [-c command]
-t Time in seconds, default is 60
-c Command to run
Examples:
xidlerun -c "echo One minute"
xidlerun -t 3600 -c "/bin/bash ~/myscript.sh"
The code is based on this forum post