FS#36761 - [xscreensaver] starts while using fullscreen applications and there is activity

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Takács Dániel (tkdncty2) - Sunday, 01 September 2013, 10:12 GMT
Last edited by Eric Belanger (Snowman) - Sunday, 11 May 2014, 00:05 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Upstream Bugs
Status Closed
Assigned To Eric Belanger (Snowman)
Architecture All
Severity Medium
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:

While using fullscreen applications (for example the game Hedgewars and Dosbox), Xscreensaver starts the screensaver as if it doesn't notice that there is activity going on during gameplay (keyboard buttons being pushed, mouse being moved)

Additional info:
* package version(s) 5.22-1
* config and/or log files etc.


Steps to reproduce:

-Install Xscreensaver and activate it

-Set a screensaver appearance timeout (for example 3 minutes)

-Install for example Hedgewars

-Start playing

-During gameplay the screen will suddenly go blank as the screensaver activates
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Closed by  Eric Belanger (Snowman)
Sunday, 11 May 2014, 00:05 GMT
Reason for closing:  No response
Comment by John (graysky) - Sunday, 01 September 2013, 18:56 GMT
Probably need to report it upstream. As a workaround, you can use a trivial script to send the heartbeat command when your game is active[1]. Just substitute the name of your game's executable for 'xbmc.bin' in the script itself.

1. https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/xbmc_prevent_xscreensaver/
Comment by Andreas Radke (AndyRTR) - Monday, 27 January 2014, 15:45 GMT
We are now at xscreensaver 5.26-1 - if this is still happening please check for known upstream bugs or report a new one there.

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