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Temporary disable Screensaver (tested with KDE) by simulating fake user activity
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disableScreenSaver.sh
#!/bin/bash
# credits goes to http://silviumc.wordpress.com/2011/12/05/how-to-stop-the-screen-saver-in-kde-while-watching-long-flash-clips-in-a-web-browser/
while /bin/true
do
qdbus org.freedesktop.ScreenSaver /ScreenSaver SimulateUserActivity > /dev/null;
sleep 1m;
done
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