[13:56] <dandrader> alf_, is there an equivalent of "powerd-cli active" for repowerd?
[13:56] <dandrader> alf_, I want to ensure the device never does to sleep or anything like that without having to resort to keeping the display on. is there a way?
[14:05] <ogra_> so i was trying out unity8 on my laptop on the weekend ... and since i want to run my existing X apps (instead of installing duplicates in libertine wasting diskspace) i started them in Xmir windows ...
[14:05] <ogra_> for most of them this works just fine ...
[14:05] <ogra_> but some dont ever accept touchpad input at all (keyboard works fine)
[14:05] <ogra_> i.e.
[14:05] <ogra_>  Xmir :2 -rootless -flatten -terminate --desktop_file_hint=evolution.desktop & DISPLAY=:2 evolution &
[14:06] <ogra_> that gets me a properly working evolution ... but only usable via kbd navigation
[14:06] <ogra_> while:
[14:06] <ogra_>  Xmir :2 -rootless -flatten -terminate --desktop_file_hint=hexchat.desktop & DISPLAY=:3 hexchat &
[14:06] <ogra_> err
[14:06] <ogra_>  Xmir :3 -rootless -flatten -terminate --desktop_file_hint=hexchat.desktop & DISPLAY=:3 hexchat &
[14:06] <ogra_> gets me fully working input for everything
[14:11] <ogra_> i couldnt find a bug for this ...
[14:14] <alf_> dandrader: Νot at the moment, but it would be straightforward to add. Do you need it for local experiments, or does it have to be part of the official package?
[14:20] <dandrader> alf_, official package. I believe it's a common usecase during development: You have a device on with multiple ssh connections to it. Unless you keep the display on the connections will become slow or stop responding overtime
[14:21] <dandrader> alf_, keeping the display on just to get the device responsive, beside the extra battery drain, won't do any good for the display itself (will burn in)
[14:22] <alf_> dandrader: do you want the interface to be same as "display on" (active until you ctrl-c)?
[14:23] <dandrader> alf_, yep. that how "powerd-cli active" used to work
[14:24] <alf_> dandrader: ok, I think I can have it upstream soon, but publishing a new package may take some time due to the freeze
[14:24] <dandrader> alf_, should I report a bug or something to keep track of this request?
[14:24] <alf_> dandrader: sure, that would be great
[14:32] <dandrader> alf_, https://bugs.launchpad.net/repowerd/+bug/1618072
[14:32] <alf_> dandrader: thanks
[14:33] <alf_> dandrader: in the meantime you can talk directly to dbus to achieve the same effect
[14:41] <dandrader> alf_, cool, so what would be the command line?
[14:49] <alf_> dandrader: actually, now that I try it, you can't with the existing dbus tools, because they exit after making the call, and the request is cancelled