[mythtv-users] Mythfrontend doesn't restore screensaver if it crashes during playback

[Michael T. Dean]

On 07/25/2011 03:13 PM, Yianni Vidalis wrote:
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> From: mtdean
> >
> > *** Note, also, that just switching your system to use the GNOME
> > screensaver may not work, either, because some versions of GNOME
> > screensaver were shipped with broken gnome-screensaver-command--which
> > means that our poke is not working on those systems. Switching to
> > xscreensaver, however, should make everything work properly--even in 
> the
> > event of a crash of mythfrontend.
>
> Oh, no, no, no, I've been using KDE ever since I started using Linux 
> seriously. That and SuSE, and I don't want to change distro or 
> desktop. I've tried GNOME but it just doesn't feel 'right' to me. And 
> NO, I am not trying to start a flame war or something. I guess it's 
> just a matter of opinion.
>

You should be able to continue using KDE and disable KDE screensaver and 
then just run xscreensaver.  I'm guessing that there might be a "proper" 
way to do so in KDE, but if nothing else, doing it manually as I've 
described would work.

Mike