[MPlayer-users] problems with DPMS after using mplayer

[The Wanderer]

sbenni at gmx.de wrote:

> Hello list,
> 
> if I watch a movie with mplayer it correctly disables DPMS and my
> screensaver, but after mplayer has been closed the monitor keeps on
> until I force the monitor to standby with xset dpms force standby.
> 
> I have made some tests and it seems that it only happens if mplayer
> is running longer than the off time which has been set with xset dpms
> 120 180 240. For example with this values if mplayer is closed after
> 240 seconds DPMS does not work anymore although it has been reenabled
> by mplayer, I have checked that with xset q. First I have thought the
> X server has to reset it's input activity timestamps only and thus
> moved the mouse but it didn't help.
> 
> Some additional information:
> - distribution: debian etch (amd64) on my pc and debian etch (i386)
> on my laptop
> - version: mplayer  1.0-rc1svn20070225-0.3etch1 from "deb
> http://www.debian-multimedia.org stable main"

This is, as the package name indicates, a year and a half old. Nothing
more than at most about three months old is supported here except in
highly unusual circumstances. Third-party packages are generally not
supported here even *in* highly unusual circumstances.

Try a more recent version. Pre-compiled and packaged versions are
available in some places, but it is highly recommended that you compile
the latest SVN source yourself.

Also, please fix your mail client to add line breaks at a reasonable
width - 70 to 80 columns is the normal accepted range.

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