** Description changed: - On XUbuntu, the new Light Locker puts the screen black when playing - video as if there was no activity. + Problem description + --- - That is supposed to happen when the user is away from keyboard but in the case of playing a video, no mouse or keyboard activity may be registered for two hours and still the screen must remain active. - This didn't happen with the old screen saver. + Expected behaviour: + When playing back videos in fullscreen mode in Xubuntu's, the X11 screensaver should be inhibited. (Xubuntu previously used XScreensaver.) - This applies to both and VLC and Parole. + Behaviour: + The screensaver blanks the screen (after the timeout that the user defined in light-locker-settings, by default 10mins) despite the video playing in fullscreen. + + [Test Case] + Play back a video file in Parole with screenblanking enabled (can be checked with "xset q | grep timeout"). + + [Regression potential] + None apparent, tested in Trusty. + + [Other Info] + A little background: this problem became apparent only in Trusty with the switch from XScreensaver to light-locker. As light-locker doesn't handle screenblanking itself but instead relies on X11's builtin screensaver (aka MIT screensaver extension), it needs xdg-utils/screensaver's support for inhibiting the blanking. For some reason, xdg-screensaver doesn't support controlling X11's screensaver extension in Xfce, probably for historical reasons (e.g. most distros with Xfce use XScreensaver). ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: vlc 2.1.2-2build2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-20.42-generic 3.13.7 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-20-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: XFCE Date: Fri Apr 18 15:41:48 2014 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-03-31 (18 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Beta amd64 (20140326) SourcePackage: vlc UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Summary changed: - Light Locker blanks the screen when playing video + [SRU] Light Locker blanks the screen when playing video -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1309744 Title: [SRU] Light Locker blanks the screen when playing video To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/light-locker/+bug/1309744/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
