Bug 30561

Summary:	xdg-screensaver doesn't support basic X11 screensaver
Product:	Portland	Reporter:	Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy>
Component:	xdg-utils	Assignee:	Portland Bugs <portland-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:
Severity:	major
Priority:	medium	CC:	ohnobinki
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux (All)
Whiteboard:
i915 platform:		i915 features:
Attachments:	Patch to add support for "xset s" to xdg-screensaver

Description Matthieu Moy 2010-10-02 08:13:32 UTC

Hi,

I'm running a basic window manager, and my screensaver is the basic X11 one (configured with "xset s ..."). xdg-screensaver doesn't support it, hence, tools like vlc which are supposed to deactivate the screensaver do not do it anymore.

There's a Debian bug with a patch attached:

  http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=511248

The patch works for me. I'm attaching it here for convenience.

Comment 1 Matthieu Moy 2010-10-02 08:14:46 UTC

Created attachment 39113 [details] [review]
Patch to add support for "xset s" to xdg-screensaver

Comment 2 Rex Dieter 2011-12-07 11:20:56 UTC

I like the idea, I'll work to adapt it to be a little safer, and see...

Comment 3 Per Olofsson 2015-10-06 01:38:52 UTC

This patch has been applied at some point. Closing.

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