Linux: boinc not detecting mouse activity

[KSMarksPsych]

Posted by: Date: 8:16 PM 08-15-2006 I am running BOINC 5.4.9 on Fedora Core 5. The boinc server is not detecting my mouse activity; if I only use the mouse for a few minutes, without typing anything, the server will turn activate the WUs when it should not.

I believe the problem is an out-dated method of detecting the mouse activity. With newer Linux installs, there is no "/dev/mouse". All input is through "/dev/input/mice" and "/dev/input/mouseX".

I looked in CVS at client/hostinfo_unix.C (latest version) and, sure enough, it only checks "/dev/mouse".

Be careful. I don't think you can just do "stat( /dev/input/mice)". I tried that on my running system and the file had *not* been modified for at least a day. You might want to check the xscreensaver (or gnome-screensaver) code.

[lv84]

I think my issue is the same: http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/ticket/359

[Ageless]

If all is well, this should be fixed in [13948]