[mythtv-users] Mythtv screensaver behaviour

[Another Sillyname]

On 26 December 2015 at 16:49, Jonatan Lindblad <mythtv at comhem.se> wrote:
>
>
> Den 2015-12-26 kl. 01:15, skrev Another Sillyname:
>> On 25 December 2015 at 23:38, Jonatan Lindblad <mythtv at comhem.se> wrote:
>>> Den 2015-12-25 kl. 23:34, skrev Another Sillyname:
>>>> Happy Holidays all!!
>>>>
>>>> I have been running myth for a while and have never got screensavers
>>>> to work in a satisfactory way.
>>>>
>>>> I run fedora, some frontends have nvidia cards so run as vdpau, some
>>>> use builtin Intel GPU and use vaapi.
>>>>
>>>> If I turn on screensaver and power management.....
>>>>
>>>> screensaver (just blank screen) after 15 minutes idle.......monitor
>>>> goes into power save mode after 30.
>>>>
>>>> On all the frontends if I run VLC (configured same as above) and a
>>>> video is running then the screensavers and power save mode do not kick
>>>> in.....I don't have to do anything.
>>>>
>>>> On myth the screensavers/power save mode DO kick in so there has to be
>>>> some activity every 14 minutes.
>>>>
>>>> What I ideally want is.....
>>>>
>>>> If there's a video running (either video or recording) then I want the
>>>> screensaver/powersave to stay inactive.....but if a myth menu screen
>>>> is up then screensaver to work as it would normally.
>>>>
>>>> There's loads of conflicting information about configuring x or
>>>> xorg.conf....but frankly why can't the app behave as vlc does and
>>>> require no use tinkering?
>>>
>>> VLC is probably using DBus to control the screensaver and MythTV only
>>> recently got the support to do that in the fixes/0.27 branch.
>>
>> Which MythTV version are you using (i.e. run mythfrontend --version)?
>>
>> Fixes/0.27
>> v0.27.5-28-g3682a9a
>>
>> It's the latest build from the rpmfusion repos.
>
> I fixed it for you this time but please use bottom posting in the future.
>
> The version is new enough, but DBus might not be enabled in the build.
> This information is also included in the output from mythfrontend
> --version.  It should contain using_qtdbus if it is enabled.
>
> --
> Jonatan
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It is using_qtdbus in the build.

Thoughts?