[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] Use XScreenSaverSuspend if supported

[Rich Felker]

On Fri, Dec 21, 2007 at 10:00:39AM +0100, Reimar Döffinger wrote:
> Hello,
> On Fri, Dec 21, 2007 at 08:00:49AM +0100, Adam Tlałka wrote:
> [...]
> > So while using XScreenSaverSuspend according to a) screensaver could be
> > forcibly activated by other app and as stated in b) XScreenSaverSuspend
> > call will not deactivate already active screen saving mode - so if you
> > start mplayer from some script there will be no screen saver
> > deactivation.
> 
> XScreenSaverSuspend actually seems like the much more sensible behaviour
> to me, why should we e.g. disallow explicit locking of the screen via the
> screensaver application just because MPlayer is running?

I agree, this is the correct behavior. If someone wants to do odd
scripting things, just run a separate command to unblank the screen
before starting MPlayer. But MPlayer should not go to lots of trouble
to inhibit the correct, sane default behavior.

Rich