Simple script to disable screensaver, start zwift, re-enable after zwift is closed.

[christaylor98]

Hope this helps someone. I am running vanilla Debian 12 on gnome and it took me a while to work out how to script the screen saver properly.

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# Disable screen saver
echo "Disabling screen saver ..."
dconf write /org/gnome/desktop/session/idle-delay 'uint32 0'

# Launch Zwift (which will spawn ZwiftApp.exe via Wine)
echo "Launching zwift ..."
/usr/local/bin/zwift

# Wait a moment to let ZwiftApp.exe start
sleep 5

# Wait while ZwiftApp.exe is running
echo "Wait until zwift closes ..."
while pgrep -f ZwiftApp.exe >/dev/null; do
    sleep 5
    printf "."
done

# Restore screen saver timeout (300 seconds)
echo "Restoring screen saver to 5 mins ... all done."
dconf write /org/gnome/desktop/session/idle-delay 'uint32 300'