On 2014-10-24, frantisek holop <[email protected]> wrote:

> ok, it seems a paused mplayer could be the reason.
> is that expected?

Yes.  MPlayer disables screen blanking.  When you watch a movie,
you usually don't press keys or move the mouse, but you still don't
want your screen to switch off.

MPlayer restores the screen blanker on exit.  It usually manages
to do so when crashing, too.

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Christian "naddy" Weisgerber                          [email protected]

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