I configured xscreensaver for turning off the monitor after a specific timeout. as soon as I start my box, everything works fine: xscreensaver activates, then it turns of the LCD panel by DPMS. the problem begins when I launch mplayer. once I launch it (no matter of the stop-xscreenssver setting, I tried both possible values), xscreensaver still activates, but NEVER go in DPMS. it's weird, 1) cause I did tell to mplayer to NOT stop xscreensaver (see my mplayer's config below) 2) cause while having this issue, `xset dpms force off` and others works fine so it seems clearly an issue of xscreensaver (but only mplayer triggers that :O...). indeed if I kill and relaunch the xscreensaver daemon, DPMS screensaver it works again. I tried to fix this issue with guys in #xorg, #mplayer, but no-one can reproduce this problem :( some info on my system: $ cat /etc/mplayer/mplayer.conf ~/.mplayer/config | grep -v -e '^#' -e '^$' vo=x11 subcp=enca:it zoom=yes ao=jack,alsa framedrop = yes stop-xscreensaver=no fontconfig=1 subfont-osd-scale=4 subfont-text-scale=3 # emerge -p mplayer xscreensaver xorg-server xorg-x11 These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild R ] x11-base/xorg-server-1.3.0.0-r2 USE="dri ipv6 nptl sdl xorg xpr int -3dfx -debug -dmx -kdrive -minimal" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev joystick keyboard m ouse wacom -acecad -aiptek -calcomp -citron -digitaledge -dmc -dynapro -elo2300 -elographics -fpit -hyperpen -jamstudio -magellan -microtouch -mutouch -palmax - penmount -spaceorb -summa -synaptics -tek4957 -ur98 -vmmouse -void" VIDEO_CARDS= "nv nvidia vesa -apm -ark -chips -cirrus -cyrix -dummy -epson -fbdev -fglrx -gli nt -i128 -i740 -i810 (-impact) -imstt -mach64 -mga -neomagic (-newport) -nsc -r1 28 -radeon -rendition -s3 -s3virge -savage -siliconmotion -sis -sisusb (-sunbw2) (-suncg14) (-suncg3) (-suncg6) (-sunffb) (-sunleo) (-suntcx) -tdfx -tga -triden t -tseng -v4l -vga -via -vmware -voodoo" 0 kB [ebuild R ] media-video/mplayer-1.0_rc1_p20070824 USE="3dnow X a52 aac aali b alsa amrnb amrwb arts cddb cdparanoia dts dv dvb dvd enca encode esd ftp gif g tk iconv ipv6 jack jpeg mad md5sum mmx mp2 mp3 musepack opengl oss png pnm quick time rar real samba sdl speex srt sse tga theora truetype unicode v4l vidix vorb is win32codecs x264 xv xvid xvmc -3dnowext (-altivec) -bidi -bindist -bl -cdio - cpudetection -custom-cflags -dga -directfb -doc -fbcon -ggi -ivtv -joystick -lib caca -lirc -live -livecd -lzo -mmxext -nas -openal -pvr -radio -rtc -sse2 -ssse3 -svga -teletext -tivo -v4l2 -xanim -xinerama -zoran" VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia vesa - i810 -mga -s3virge -tdfx" 0 kB [ebuild R ] x11-misc/xscreensaver-5.03 USE="jpeg offensive opengl pam -gnom e -insecure-savers -new-login -xinerama" 0 kB [ebuild R ] x11-base/xorg-x11-7.2 0 kB I start the xscreensaver daemon in the WindowMaker's autostart file: $ cat ~/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/autostart #!/bin/sh xset m 20/10 4 xset +dpms cat <<EOF | xrdb xterm*reverseVideo: on EOF xscreensaver & I never had such issue with xscreensaver-4* Attached is my xorg.conf
Created attachment 138425 [details] /etc/X11/xorg.conf
it's clearly a problem with xscreensaver. from a couple of days I got rid of xscreensaver, and now my monitor power off fine (whether I have used mplayer or not) with only those directives in xorg.conf: Option "BlankTime" "10" # 10 minutes Option "StandbyTime" "20" Option "SuspendTime" "30" Option "OffTime" "60"
Thanks but I'm actually in media-video alias too....
this is clearly a xscreensaver bug. I removed xscreensaver from my system, and now my screen blanks correctly with only the xorg.conf directives (also after watching movies in mplayer)
http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/faq.html#dpms-load http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/faq.html#hysteresis There's plenty of tricks if you google for xscreensaver+dpms, xscreensaver+mplayer, .. Can't reproduce
