pzavolinsky / KSleep

A sleep function just like your TV!

KSleep

A sleep function just like your TV!

A few years ago I used to watch TV in my computer with tvtime. My tuner card came with a remote control that worked great with LIRC. The only thing that was missing was the "sleep" function so I wrote this very simple KDE/QT4 program to shutdown your computer from the RC at predefied intervals (just like TVs).

It's been a while since I wrote this program and looking at it today there's lots of things I would change (maybe even use PyQt instead of C++ or plain shell scripting).

Anyway I hope this helps you avoid those confusing times in the middle of the night when you are woken up by the loud sounds of the TV.

Installation

Run the following command as non-root user:

make
make install

Note that the above command will copy the following files to your home directory:

    <~/>
     |
     +-<.ksleep/>
     | |
     | +-<ksleep-halt.sh>      (default halt command)
     | |
     | +-<ksleep-next.sh>      (default next command)
     | |
     | +-<ksleep.conf>         (config file)
     | |
     | \-<ksleep.sh>           (main client program)
     |
     \-<.kde/>
       |
       +-<bin/>
       | |
       | \-<ksleepd>           (ksleep deamon)
       |
       \-<Autostart>
         |
         \-<ksleep.desktop>    (autostart descriptor)

Configuration

After installing (see above), you may tweak KSleep editing the following files:

• ~/.ksleep/ksleep-halt.sh: by default, this file will be executed when KSleep finishes it's countdown. You can edit this file to change the halt behavior, or you can edit ksleep.conf (see below) to specify another program to be executed.

• ~/.ksleep/ksleep-next.sh: by default, this file will make KSleep jump to the next timeout interval. You can edit this file to change the intervals. Note that this file should be called to loop through the intervals (e.g. from irexec).

• ~/.ksleep/ksleep.conf: when KSleep starts, it reads this config file. You can edit this file to change the halt command or the visual settings.

Lirc Configuration

To use KSleep with Lirc, add the following lines to your ~/.lircrc file:

begin
    prog   = irexec

    button = EPG   # change this to the button you like!

    config = ~/.ksleep/ksleep-next.sh
end