[MPlayer-users] problems with DPMS after using mplayer

[sbenni at gmx.de]

On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:47:50 -0400
The Wanderer <inverseparadox at comcast.net> wrote:

> 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.

Thanks for your answer. I compiled the latest snapshot but it did not make 
any difference. Thus I installed Debian testing in a test environment and 
it works now. I will simply wait until Debian testing becomes stable what 
should be the case soon. 


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