diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6f079def805e2d46b0f00ed83a8740d3534725c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+all:
+	python setup.py build_ext -i
+	mv idle.so common/
+	msgfmt Messages/fr/LC_MESSAGES/gajim.po -o Messages/fr/LC_MESSAGES/gajim.mo
diff --git a/Messages/fr/LC_MESSAGES/gajim.mo b/Messages/fr/LC_MESSAGES/gajim.mo
deleted file mode 100644
index 1dbb245679f9420266577e9007244bfbb1f54869..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
Binary files a/Messages/fr/LC_MESSAGES/gajim.mo and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/common/idle.cpp b/common/idle.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6cf5f970ff53f33e3cd834da0a970e42a6135701
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/idle.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+#include <X11/Xlib.h>
+#include <X11/Xutil.h>
+#include <X11/extensions/scrnsaver.h>
+#include <gdk/gdkx.h>
+#include <python2.3/Python.h>
+
+#include <gtk/gtk.h>
+
+static PyObject * idle_init(PyObject *self, PyObject *args) {
+	gtk_init (NULL, NULL);
+	Py_INCREF(Py_None);
+	return Py_None;
+}
+
+static PyObject * idle_getIdleSec(PyObject *self, PyObject *args) {
+	static XScreenSaverInfo *mit_info = NULL;
+	int idle_time, event_base, error_base;
+
+	gtk_init (NULL, NULL);
+	if (XScreenSaverQueryExtension(GDK_DISPLAY(), &event_base, &error_base)) {
+		if (mit_info == NULL) {
+			mit_info = XScreenSaverAllocInfo();
+		}
+		XScreenSaverQueryInfo(GDK_DISPLAY(), GDK_ROOT_WINDOW(), mit_info);
+		idle_time = (mit_info->idle) / 1000;
+	}
+	else
+		idle_time = 0;
+	return Py_BuildValue("i", idle_time);
+}
+
+static PyObject * idle_close(PyObject *self, PyObject *args) {
+	gtk_main_quit ();
+	Py_INCREF(Py_None);
+	return Py_None;
+}
+
+static PyMethodDef idleMethods[] = {
+	{"init",  idle_init, METH_VARARGS, "init gtk"},
+	{"getIdleSec",  idle_getIdleSec, METH_VARARGS, "Give the idle time in secondes"},
+	{"close",  idle_close, METH_VARARGS, "close gtk"},
+	{NULL, NULL, 0, NULL}
+};
+
+PyMODINIT_FUNC
+initidle(void)
+{
+	    (void) Py_InitModule("idle", idleMethods);
+}
diff --git a/common/sleepy.py b/common/sleepy.py
index e5e58442c1bc225474c1ddde5bf3f75dd2ffd50d..23bf19ab3a4b15f6f4b1f0fc2b597ebb44cd1d34 100644
--- a/common/sleepy.py
+++ b/common/sleepy.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 """A Quick class to tell if theres any activity on your machine"""
 
 import time
+import idle
 from string import find, lower
 
 
@@ -16,45 +17,26 @@ class Sleepy:
 
     def __init__(self, interval1 = 60, interval2 = 120, devices = ['keyboard', 'mouse', 'ts'] ):
 
-        self.devices       = devices
-        self.time_marker   = time.time()
-        self.interval = self.interval_orig = interval1
-	self.interval_orig2 = interval2
-        self.last_proc_vals = {}
-        for dev in self.devices: self.last_proc_vals[dev] = 0
-        
+        self.interval1 = interval1
+	self.interval2 = interval2
         self.state         = STATE_AWAKE ## assume were awake to stake with
         try:
-            self.proc_int_fh = open("/proc/interrupts",'r')
+            idle.init()
         except:
             NOT_SUPPORTED = 1
             self.state = STATE_UNKNOWN
-        self.proc_int_fh.close()
-        
 
     def poll(self):
         if NOT_SUPPORTED: return -1
         now = time.time()
 
-        changed = 0         ## figure out if we have recieved interupts
-        for dev in self.devices: ## any of the selected devices  
-            proc_val = self._read_proc(dev)
-            changed = changed or ( self.last_proc_vals[dev] != proc_val )
-            self.last_proc_vals[dev] = proc_val
-	
-        if changed:
-            ## we are awake :)
-	    self.time_marker = time.time() ## reset marker
-            self.state = STATE_AWAKE
-            self.interval = self.interval_orig
-        else:
-            if (now - self.time_marker >= self.interval):
-                ## we are asleep 
-                if self.state == STATE_AWAKE:
-                    self.state = STATE_AWAY
-                    self.interval = self.interval_orig2 #second interval
-                else:
-                    self.state = STATE_XAWAY
+	idleTime = idle.getIdleSec()
+	if idleTime > self.interval2:
+		self.state = STATE_XAWAY
+	elif idleTime > self.interval1:
+		self.state = STATE_AWAY
+	else:
+		self.state = STATE_AWAKE
         return 1
 
     def getState(self):
@@ -63,20 +45,8 @@ class Sleepy:
     def setState(self,val):
         self.state = val
             
-    def _read_proc(self, device = 'mouse'):
-        proc_int_fh = open("/proc/interrupts",'r')
-        info = proc_int_fh.readlines()
-        ## ignore first line
-        for line in info[1:]:
-            cols = line.strip().split()
-            if (find(lower(cols[-1]),device) != -1):
-                proc_int_fh.close()
-                return int(cols[1])
-        proc_int_fh.close()
-        return 1
-
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     s = Sleepy(10)
     while s.poll():
         print "state is %s" % s.getState() 
-        time.sleep(10)
+        time.sleep(5)
diff --git a/plugins/gtkgui/config.py b/plugins/gtkgui/config.py
index 2653a93843cee1e0cd43594b5a65845802d69ce0..c4e54c9dd60ca07281b7b166ef4ed5e9a532d2ab 100644
--- a/plugins/gtkgui/config.py
+++ b/plugins/gtkgui/config.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import gtk
 from gtk import TRUE, FALSE
 import gtk.glade,gobject
 import os,string
+import common.sleepy
 from common import i18n
 _ = i18n._
 APP = i18n.APP
@@ -216,7 +217,8 @@ class preference_Window:
 		self.plugin.config['autoxatime'] = axt
 		if self.plugin.sleeper:
 			self.plugin.sleeper = common.sleepy.Sleepy(\
-				self.plugin['autoawaytime']*60, self.plugin['autoxatime']*60)
+				self.plugin.config['autoawaytime']*60, \
+				self.plugin.config['autoxatime']*60)
 		self.plugin.send('CONFIG', None, ('GtkGui', self.plugin.config))
 		self.plugin.roster.draw_roster()
 		
@@ -306,28 +308,24 @@ class preference_Window:
 		if self.plugin.config.has_key('autoaway'):
 			st = self.plugin.config['autoaway']
 		self.chk_autoaway.set_active(st)
-		self.chk_autoaway.set_sensitive(0)
 
 		#Autoawaytime
 		st = 10
 		if self.plugin.config.has_key('autoawaytime'):
 			st = self.plugin.config['autoawaytime']
 		self.spin_autoawaytime.set_value(st)
-		self.spin_autoawaytime.set_sensitive(0)
 
 		#Autoxa
 		st = 1
 		if self.plugin.config.has_key('autoxa'):
 			st = self.plugin.config['autoxa']
 		self.chk_autoxa.set_active(st)
-		self.chk_autoxa.set_sensitive(0)
 
 		#Autoxatime
 		st = 20
 		if self.plugin.config.has_key('autoxatime'):
 			st = self.plugin.config['autoxatime']
 		self.spin_autoxatime.set_value(st)
-		self.spin_autoxatime.set_sensitive(0)
 
 		self.xml.signal_connect('gtk_widget_destroy', self.delete_event)
 		self.xml.signal_connect('on_but_col_clicked', \
diff --git a/plugins/gtkgui/gtkgui.py b/plugins/gtkgui/gtkgui.py
index d1ec68d9f3b7ea5fa58191ee47a2d6bf649facff..f42faa7db66c1bdaefcab2a158a9ecf5031113a8 100644
--- a/plugins/gtkgui/gtkgui.py
+++ b/plugins/gtkgui/gtkgui.py
@@ -785,6 +785,8 @@ class roster_Window:
 		else:
 			txt = status
 			self.plugin.send('STATUS', account, (status, txt))
+			if status == 'online':
+				self.plugin.sleeper_state[account] = 1
 
 	def on_optionmenu_changed(self, widget):
 		"""When we change our status"""
@@ -805,6 +807,8 @@ class roster_Window:
 			return
 		for acct in accounts:
 			self.plugin.send('STATUS', acct, (status, txt))
+			if status == 'online':
+				self.plugin.sleeper_state[acct] = 1
 	
 	def set_optionmenu(self):
 		#table to change index in plugin.connected to index in optionmenu
@@ -833,9 +837,10 @@ class roster_Window:
 				for user in luser:
 					self.chg_user_status(user, 'offline', 'Disconnected', account)
 		elif self.plugin.connected[account] == 0:
-			self.plugin.sleeper = None#common.sleepy.Sleepy(\
-				#self.plugin.config['autoawaytime']*60, \
-				#self.plugin.config['autoxatime']*60)
+			if (self.plugin.config['autoaway'] or self.plugin.config['autoxa']):
+				self.plugin.sleeper = common.sleepy.Sleepy(\
+					self.plugin.config['autoawaytime']*60, \
+					self.plugin.config['autoxatime']*60)
 		self.plugin.connected[account] = statuss.index(status)
 		self.set_optionmenu()
 
@@ -1349,25 +1354,25 @@ class plugin:
 	
 	def read_sleepy(self):	
 		"""Check if we are idle"""
-		if self.sleeper and (self.config['autoaway'] or self.config['autoxa'])\
-			and (self.roster.optionmenu.get_history()==0 or \
-			self.sleeper_state!=common.sleepy.STATE_AWAKE):
+		if self.sleeper:
 			self.sleeper.poll()
 			state = self.sleeper.getState()
-			if state != self.sleeper_state:
-				if state == common.sleepy.STATE_AWAKE:
-					#we go online
-					self.roster.optionmenu.set_history(0)
-					self.send('STATUS', None, ('online', ''))
-				elif state == common.sleepy.STATE_AWAY and self.config['autoaway']:
-					#we go away
-					self.roster.optionmenu.set_history(1)
-					self.send('STATUS', None, ('away', 'auto away (idle)'))
-				elif state == common.sleepy.STATE_XAWAY and self.config['autoxa']:
-					#we go extended away
-					self.roster.optionmenu.set_history(2)
-					self.send('STATUS',('xa', 'auto away (idel)'))
-			self.sleeper_state = state
+			for account in self.accounts.keys():
+				if self.sleeper_state[account]:
+					if state == common.sleepy.STATE_AWAKE and \
+						self.connected[account] > 1:
+						#we go online
+						self.send('STATUS', account, ('online', ''))
+					elif state == common.sleepy.STATE_AWAY and \
+						self.connected[account] == 1 and \
+						self.config['autoaway']:
+						#we go away
+						self.send('STATUS', account, ('away', 'auto away (idle)'))
+					elif state == common.sleepy.STATE_XAWAY and \
+						self.connected[account] == 2 and \
+						self.config['autoxa']:
+						#we go extended away
+						self.send('STATUS', account, ('xa', 'auto away (idle)'))
 		return 1
 
 	def __init__(self, quIN, quOUT):
@@ -1392,6 +1397,7 @@ class plugin:
 		self.queues = {}
 		self.connected = {}
 		self.nicks = {}
+		self.sleeper_state = {} #whether we pass auto away / xa or not
 		for a in self.accounts.keys():
 			self.windows[a] = {}
 			self.windows[a]['infos'] = {}
@@ -1399,11 +1405,11 @@ class plugin:
 			self.queues[a] = {}
 			self.connected[a] = 0
 			self.nicks[a] = self.accounts[a]['name']
+			self.sleeper_state[a] = 0
 		self.roster = roster_Window(self)
 		gtk.timeout_add(100, self.read_queue)
 		gtk.timeout_add(1000, self.read_sleepy)
 		self.sleeper = None
-		self.sleeper_state = None
 		gtk.main()
 		gtk.threads_leave()
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ecf4c94c094cd98ecd48b2eb664f40c82125fa33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+from distutils.core import setup, Extension
+
+module1 = Extension( 'idle',
+		     sources = ['common/idle.cpp'],
+#                     extra_compile_args = ['-W'],
+                     libraries = ['gtk-x11-2.0','gdk-x11-2.0','glib-2.0','X11','Xext','Xss','atk-1.0'],
+                     library_dirs = ['/usr/X11R6/lib'],
+                     include_dirs = ['/usr/include/gtk-2.0', '/usr/include/glib-2.0','/usr/lib/gtk-2.0/include','/usr/lib/glib-2.0/include','/usr/include/pango-1.0','/usr/include/atk-1.0']
+		   )
+
+setup (name = 'idle', version = '1.0', description = 'interface to X11/scrnserver.h', ext_modules = [module1])