Jason, That is useful info. I will be trying Kubuntu 18.04 to see if it's up to the task of replacing Mint KDE for myself, friends, & family. Mint has abandoned KDE Plasma, unfortunately.
On Wed, May 9, 2018 at 10:42 PM, Jason Barnett <jason.barnet...@gmail.com> wrote: > I can vouch for Kubuntu 18.04 (upgraded from 17.10, Xorg) that the included > VLC 3.0.1 does NOT have any issues with the screensaver. > Not sure if this information is of any use to you, but now you know. > > On Wed, May 9, 2018 at 7:37 PM Tomas Kuchta <tomas.kuchta.li...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > While I might not know what is Compiz, I certainly can recognize familiar > > smell of major trouble coming - when I hear about upgrading U-buntu for > the > > last 12 releases AND not practicing regular clean installs. > > > > Just a word of caution, > > T > > > > On Wed, May 9, 2018, 6:38 PM John Jason Jordan <joh...@gmx.com> wrote: > > > > > On Thu, 10 May 2018 00:20:13 +0000 > > > Tim Garton <garton....@gmail.com> dijo: > > > > > > >What did you dist upgrade from? If it was Ubuntu 17.10 you are > probably > > > >running Wayland, which is most likely the problem. They reverted back > > > >to Xorg with 18.04, but if you upgraded from 17.10 it may have carried > > > >Wayland as the default from that. Wayland breaks many things, not the > > > >least of which is the screensaver API. > > > > > > What you said is possible. > > > > > > I have three computers: > > > 1. desktop built 2 mos ago, started with Xubuntu 17.10 and just > > > upgraded to 18.04. > > > 2. Lenovo T61 laptop, had 12.04 when it was retired; recently > > > revived and dist-upgraded to 14.04 > 16.04 > 18.04 > > > 3. System76 laptop, still running Xubuntu 14.04.5. Has VLC 2.2.5 > > > which inhibits the screensaver as it should. > > > > > > Both 1 and 2 have VLC 3.0.1 (from the dist-upgrades), which fails to > > > inhibit the screensaver. > > > > > > I wonder what pieces of Wayland are still on 1 and 2, and what kind of > > > exorcism is needed to get rid of them. > > > > > > While VLC 3.0.1 is the current version in the 18.04 repositories, > > > version 3.0.2 has been released. I've looked everywhere for a > change-log > > > to see if it addresses this issue, but can't find one. > > > _______________________________________________ > > > PLUG mailing list > > > PLUG@pdxlinux.org > > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > PLUG mailing list > > PLUG@pdxlinux.org > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug