Phidgets
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http://www.phidgets.com/downloads/libraries/libphidget_2.1.8.20120216.tar.gz
http://www.phidgets.com/downloads/libraries/PhidgetsPython_2.1.8.20120216.zip

Dbus
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http://code.google.com/p/dbus-tools/
http://people.gnome.org/~mccann/gnome-screensaver/docs/gnome-screensaver.html

Python on RHEL6
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# yum install python-setuptools
# curl https://raw.github.com/pypa/pip/master/contrib/get-pip.py | python
# pip install -r python/requirements.txt
# python python/PhidgetsPython/setup.py install

Phidget USB setup on RHEL6
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# echo 'SUBSYSTEM=="usb",ID_VENDOR_ID=="06c2",ID_MODEL_ID=="003c",SYMLINK+="phidget-temperature",MODE="0666"' > /etc/udev/rules.d/51-phidgets.rules
# udevadm control --reload-rules

To find the vendor id and model if for a different device:

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 065: ID 05e3:0608 Genesys Logic, Inc. USB-2.0 4-Port HUB
Bus 002 Device 066: ID 046d:c31d Logitech, Inc. 
Bus 002 Device 067: ID 045e:00f0 Microsoft Corp. 
Bus 002 Device 006: ID 13fd:1340 Initio Corporation Hi-Speed USB to SATA Bridge
Bus 002 Device 089: ID 06c2:003c Phidgets Inc. (formerly GLAB) 

The "06c2:003c" pair is the vendor id followed by the model id

Idle time reporting on Ubuntu 11.10
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apt-get install libx11-dev