When I tried to poke gnome-screensaver by "gnome-screensaver-command -p", I noticed that the debugging gnome-screensaver(launched by gnome-screensaver --no-daemon --debug) gives out [gs_debug_init] gs-debug.c:106 (05:23:31): Debugging enabled [main] gnome-screensaver.c:87 (05:23:31): initializing gnome-screensaver 2.26.1 [init_session_id] gs-listener-dbus.c:1986 (05:23:31): Got session-id: /org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session23 [gs_fade_init] gs-fade.c:689 (05:23:31): Fade type: 2 [set_status] gs-watcher-x11.c:345 (05:23:31): GSWatcher: not active, ignoring status changes [gs_watcher_set_active] gs-watcher-x11.c:275 (05:23:31): turning watcher: ON [listener_dbus_handle_system_message] gs-listener-dbus.c:1411 (05:23:31): obj_path=/org/freedesktop/DBus interface=org.freedesktop.DBus method=NameAcquired destination=:1.824 [listener_dbus_handle_system_message] gs-listener-dbus.c:1411 (05:23:31): obj_path=(null) interface=(null) method=(null) destination=:1.824 [listener_dbus_handle_system_message] gs-listener-dbus.c:1411 (05:23:31): obj_path=(null) interface=(null) method=(null) destination=:1.824 [listener_service_deleted] gs-listener-dbus.c:1049 (05:23:31): DBUS service deleted: [listener_dbus_handle_system_message] gs-listener-dbus.c:1411 (05:23:31): obj_path=(null) interface=(null) method=(null) destination=:1.824 [listener_service_deleted] gs-listener-dbus.c:1049 (05:23:31): DBUS service deleted: [listener_dbus_handle_system_message] gs-listener-dbus.c:1411 (05:23:31): obj_path=(null) interface=(null) method=(null) destination=:1.824 [on_bg_changed] gs-manager.c:948 (05:23:31): background changed [listener_service_deleted] gs-listener-dbus.c:1049 (05:23:34): DBUS service deleted: [gs_manager_request_unlock] gs-manager.c:1782 (05:23:34): Request unlock but manager is not active [listener_service_deleted] gs-listener-dbus.c:1049 (05:23:34): DBUS service deleted: :1.72 (Also some strange behavior of gnome-screensaver-2.26.1 has been observed: sometimes for unknown reason it failed to detect Idle notice signal when the supposed time is coming. But I am not sure it has anything to do with this bug, please ignore this behavior if you think it is not a good idea to include it into this bug report, and I will continue to observe until I have a better idea what is wrong) Also there is a similar bug report for ubuntu at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-screensaver/+bug/437519 I tried their patch, but did not work for me. For reference reason I also included that patch in this bug report and wish the gentoo developers may kindly test it. I am a rookie in gentoo, so maybe I patched it incorrectly. I did not modify the ubuntu patch at all for reference, but perhaps you should modify the patch's header from --- gs-monitor.c .... +++gs-monitor.c .. to ---src/gs-monitor.c +++src/gs-monitor.c By this I could successfully emerge the patched gnome-screensaver-2.26.1, but the debugging message remains the same. I have no idea why. As a comparison, I tested gnome-screensaver-2.24.1-r1, it works normally: [listener_service_deleted] gs-listener-dbus.c:1043 (05:37:50): DBUS service deleted: [gs_watcher_set_active] gs-watcher-x11.c:731 (05:37:50): turning watcher: OFF [_gs_watcher_set_active_internal] gs-watcher-x11.c:714 (05:37:50): Stopping idle watcher [gs_watcher_set_active] gs-watcher-x11.c:731 (05:37:50): turning watcher: ON [_gs_watcher_set_active_internal] gs-watcher-x11.c:718 (05:37:50): Starting idle watcher [gs_manager_request_unlock] gs-manager.c:1781 (05:37:50): Request unlock but manager is not active [listener_service_deleted] gs-listener-dbus.c:1043 (05:37:50): DBUS service deleted: :1.83 [gs_manager_request_unlock] gs-manager.c:1781 (05:37:50): Request unlock but manager is not active Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. run debugging gnome-screensaver by gnome-screensaver --no-daemon --debug 2. run gnome-screensaver-command -p in another terminal 3. Actual Results: See my description Expected Results: The idle watcher is reset. 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Created attachment 206847 [details] patch I found for ubuntu gnome-screensaver-2.28.0 This patch did not work for me, but perhaps you are willing to test it by yourselves because I might have made any stupid mistakes. Thanks. I did not check the box for patch, because it is not a confirmed patch sorry for that.
I don't think you are imagining the occasional missing of idle timeouts. I'm seeing the same thing on a couple systems with gnome-screensaver-2.26.1. Bug 295227 seems related to that issue.
Looks similar to: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=579430
Created attachment 215154 [details, diff] 10_legacy_scrsvr_inhibit.patch This is the patch currently used by ubuntu, but it hasn't been accepted by upstream yet :-/
(In reply to comment #4) > Created an attachment (id=215154) [details] > 10_legacy_scrsvr_inhibit.patch > > This is the patch currently used by ubuntu, but it hasn't been accepted by > upstream yet :-/ > Thank you guys :) I will test the patch
I could not see any difference from the debug information after I applied the patch...
(In reply to comment #6) > I could not see any difference from the debug information after I applied the > patch... > And, is screensaver still being activated when viewing a movie with mplayer/vlc and trying to prevent it running gnome-screensaver -p ? (seems that it's the effect seen by people suffering this removal during 2.24 -> 2.26 update)
(In reply to comment #7) > (In reply to comment #6) > > I could not see any difference from the debug information after I applied the > > patch... > > > > And, is screensaver still being activated when viewing a movie with mplayer/vlc > and trying to prevent it running gnome-screensaver -p ? (seems that it's the > effect seen by people suffering this removal during 2.24 -> 2.26 update) > I did several tests from mplayer and with a sleep command, and by now it seems to be working like a charm, and very unlikely it would fall into trouble again. I looked into the discussion of gnome bugzilla and it looks like this patch is only a workaround since it is not the original way gnome-screensaver to realize the poke, isn't it? At least it could not give the expected debug information. I don't know when the mainstream will accept it and even if they will accept it at all, but it is working for end-users.
(In reply to comment #8) > I looked into the discussion of gnome bugzilla and it looks like this patch is > only a workaround since it is not the original way gnome-screensaver to realize > the poke, isn't it? At least it could not give the expected debug information. This is what I suspected :-) > I don't know when the mainstream will accept it and even if they will accept it > at all, but it is working for end-users. > OK
FYI, seems that this was the (huge) commit that changed this: http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-screensaver/commit/?id=403d9bed54d705253ffe5e8c8874ce97cd557d19 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=444927 then, probably vlc /mplayer should be fixed instead :-/
(In reply to comment #10) > FYI, seems that this was the (huge) commit that changed this: > http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-screensaver/commit/?id=403d9bed54d705253ffe5e8c8874ce97cd557d19 > https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=444927 > > then, probably vlc /mplayer should be fixed instead :-/ > Hmmm, too scary for me. Looks like I have to wait for further news because now I am totally lost in this jungle of codes....And being frank if my memory serves well mplayer has a long time trouble with the screensaver :(
(In reply to comment #10) > then, probably vlc /mplayer should be fixed instead :-/ > after searching a bit more, seems that mplayer should work with gnome-screensaver without needing to use gnome-screensaver-command -p (and a xorg-server >1.4): https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=552209#c1 http://www.libsdl.org/cgi/viewvc.cgi?revision=3558&view=revision (the interesting link is http://svn.mplayerhq.hu/mplayer?view=rev&revision=25637 , but it doesn't work now). Then, if you still needs to use gnome-screensaver-command -p with recent mplayers, I think that it's a different bug
(In reply to comment #12) > (In reply to comment #10) > > then, probably vlc /mplayer should be fixed instead :-/ > > > > after searching a bit more, seems that mplayer should work with > gnome-screensaver without needing to use gnome-screensaver-command -p (and a > xorg-server >1.4): > https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=552209#c1 > http://www.libsdl.org/cgi/viewvc.cgi?revision=3558&view=revision (the > interesting link is http://svn.mplayerhq.hu/mplayer?view=rev&revision=25637 , > but it doesn't work now). Then, if you still needs to use > gnome-screensaver-command -p with recent mplayers, I think that it's a > different bug > I tried to remove the heart-beat command from mplayer and apparently it could not stop screensaver from launching. :(
Video herd, can you please take a look on comment #12 and #13 and tell us if mplater should work or not without needing to run "gnome-screensaver -p"? Thanks a lot
We cannot do much more since commented patch causes other kind of problems and this needs to be handled by upstream directly. Sorry for the inconvenience
*** Bug 352997 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
(In reply to comment #15) > We cannot do much more since commented patch causes other kind of problems and > this needs to be handled by upstream directly. > > Sorry for the inconvenience > New patch from https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=579430 This patch fixes the gnome-screensaver activation in combination with vlc.
Created attachment 261709 [details, diff] Reintroduce legacy API for inhibiting the screensaver
@poncho, we are not going to apply this patch, cf. upstream bug report.
