[mythtv] Request - disable screensaver
Joseph A. Caputo
jcaputo1 at comcast.net
Fri Oct 17 16:48:08 EDT 2003
On Friday 17 October 2003 07:17 pm, Cliff Draper wrote:
> From: "Joseph A. Caputo" <jcaputo1 at comcast.net>
> Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 14:41:14 +0000
> > I'm not sure it's as simple as that... while it will enable the
screensaver, I
> > think there might still be a problem. In my experience before I disabled
the
> > screensaver, if the screensaver kicked in while I was watching something,
> > taking actions with my LIRC remote didn't clear the screensaver; I needed
to
> > plug in a real keyboard or mouse to get it to clear. I think this is
because
> > the LIRC device is not recognized as an X input device; it merely runs
> > through a client program that fires off X-events. So, yes, you could turn
on
> > the screensaver when in 'menu' mode, but if your only input is a remote
> > control you won't be able to clear the screensaver.
>
> Yes, I think you're right here. Well, I see 2 ways to save the `xset s on`
> idea: figure out how to make LIRC better emulate a keyboard, or call
> `xset s reset` for every keypress that myth gets. I think the latter
> would work, but the former would be more elegant.
Well, LIRC can't emulate a real X-input keyboard device (well, not without
rewriting LIRC), but it *can* emulate an X-input mouse device, so that would
be one way to go.
> > The real solution is to build screensaver calls directly into Myth.
Shouldn't
> > be that hard.
>
> What do you mean by direct screensaver calls?
I mean code that uses the Xlib calls directly:
XSetScreenSaver, XForceScreenSaver, XActivateScreenSaver,
XResetScreenSaver, XGetScreenSaver
AFAIK, Ogle uses these to enable/disable the screensaver when playing a DVD.
Ideally, Myth would:
- Disable the screensaver whenever playing video/unpaused
- Enable the screensaver if the video is paused
- Enable the screensaver if Myth is showing a GUI screen (i.e., not playing
video
- Reset the screensaver (i.e., leave it enabled but un-blank the screen)
whenever user input is detected.
-JAC
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