[mythtv-users] screensaver issues

Jay Mallar jaymallar at gmail.com
Mon Dec 17 22:21:31 UTC 2007


David Brodbeck wrote:
> On Dec 17, 2007, at 7:04 AM, Jay Mallar wrote:
>   
>>> Myth contains code that prevents xscreensaver to kick in while you're
>>> watching anything so there is something wrong with your setup, I'd  
>>> say.
>> 'm guessing you're referring to the DPMS stuff here, right?
>>
>> Can't tell you how annoying it is to turn off DPMS before starting  
>> myth,
>> and then have it override my settings and turn it back on.
>>     
>
> There's a specific mechanism in xscreensaver for programs to tell it  
> to bug off.  I assume that's what Myth uses.
>
> AFAIK MythTV doesn't mess with the DPMS settings.  I'd suggest  
> disabling them in your Xorg configuration, though, then you know they  
> won't get turned back on.
>   
That's the rub - I've disabled DPMS via xorg.conf and xset yet still 
Mythtv restarts it...

:grep DPMS *.log
mythfrontend.log:2007-12-17 09:16:14.309 DPMS is active.
mythfrontend.log:2007-12-17 09:52:23.434 DPMS Deactivated
mythfrontend.log:2007-12-17 09:59:09.351 DPMS Reactivated.
mythfrontend.log:2007-12-17 15:34:31.512 DPMS is disabled.
mythfrontend.log:2007-12-17 15:35:20.580 DPMS is disabled.
mythfrontend.log:2007-12-17 15:39:04.537 DPMS is active.
mythfrontend.log:2007-12-17 16:03:13.442 DPMS is disabled.




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