[mythtv] Screen Saver testers needed!

[Michael T. Dean]

On 03/19/2015 09:56 AM, Steve E wrote:
> mate-screensaver
>
> I have no idea whether that uses DBus control or not.

It does.  The mate-screensaver-command utility actually uses DBus 
messaging to control mate-screensaver.

What happens if you change line 13 of dbus-screensaver.cpp from:

         m_interface(new QDBusInterface("org.freedesktop.ScreenSaver",
                                                    "/ScreenSaver",
                                                    
"org.freedesktop.ScreenSaver",
                                                    m_bus))

to

         m_interface(new QDBusInterface("org.mate.ScreenSaver",
                                                    "/org/mate/ScreenSaver",
                                                    "org.mate.ScreenSaver",
                                                    m_bus))

i.e. change the service, path, and interface arguments to the 
QDBusInterface constructor to use the mate-specific ones.

Standards.  They just make things so much easier for everyone.  It's 
good there are so many of them for screensaver control.  As Gary B so 
often (and rightly) points out: http://www.xkcd.com/927/

FWIW, though, if using mate-specific DBus arguments works and it's 
decided not to include mate-specific code in MythTV, it would be simple 
to make a wrapper for mate-screensaver-command that works with the 
existing xscreensaver support in MythTV.  (Basically just have create an 
executable script called xscreensaver-command that supports -version, 
such that it returns an error code if mate-screensaver isn't running, 
and -deactivate, such that it calls mate-screensaver-command -poke .  
I'd be happy to help with the wrapper if that's the direction Stuart 
decides to go.)

Mike