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I have got the console screensaver cmatrix, and I was wondering if there is anyway of getting it to turn on after a certain amount of inactivity in the console you are in?

OS Information:

No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 15.10
Release:    15.10
Codename:   wily
Flavour: GNOME
GNOME Version: 3.18

Package Information:

cmatrix:
  Installed: 1.2a-5build1
  Candidate: 1.2a-5build1
  Version table:
 *** 1.2a-5build1 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ wily/universe amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
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    Possibly useful: http://askubuntu.com/questions/506501/run-script-on-system-idle, http://superuser.com/questions/638357/execute-a-command-if-linux-is-idle-for-5-minutes, and if you're on a console: http://askubuntu.com/questions/275919/execute-shell-script-or-command-on-idle-time – muru Mar 03 '15 at 18:44
  • Toroidal: can you report back if that helped you so that @muru can convert this to an answer? – Fabby Mar 03 '15 at 21:27

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cmatrix is really intended as a CLI tool. I'm not sure you can easily turn it into a screensaver.

An alternate option it to install:

sudo apt-get install xscreensaver-gl

and then select: GLmatrix

reference1: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2052562 reference2: if you're running gnome/unity might be needed. How can I change or install screensavers?

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