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Created February 13, 2012 14:09
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Notification of gnome-screensaver state changes through D-Bus
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screen_locked.py
#!/usr/bin/env python
import gobject, dbus
from dbus.mainloop.glib import DBusGMainLoop
def screensaver_state_changed(isActive):
print "locked" if isActive else "unlocked"
DBusGMainLoop(set_as_default=True)
sess_bus = dbus.SessionBus()
sess_bus.add_signal_receiver(screensaver_state_changed, path='/org/gnome/ScreenSaver', dbus_interface='org.gnome.ScreenSaver', signal_name='ActiveChanged')
gobject.MainLoop().run()
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