motion-screensaver

Simple script to turn off screensaver upon motion detection through webcam, uses the excellent motion tool.

Installation

1. sudo apt-get install motion
2. Edit /etc/default/motion and change start_motion_deamon to yes
3. Replace /etc/init.d/motion with modified motion.init
4. Edit /etc/init.d/motion and replace USER=bob with the user who logged into X (the motion deamon needs to run as the same user so it has permissions to stop the screensaver)
5. Update /etc/motion/motion.conf with the sample included in this repo
6. Put disable-screensaver somewhere sensible and update the path to it in /etc/motion/motion.conf
7. sudo service start motion

TODO

• Create dedicated project that can run along side motion so it doesn't require hacking a bunch of system files
• Figure out how run motion as a dedicated user instead of the currently logged in user
• Add a start screensaver script and update config so when motion event ends, the screensaver will start again

License

Apache License, Version 2.0