Bug 84771
Summary: | disabling screen saver disables dpms | ||
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Product: | [Retired] Red Hat Linux | Reporter: | bcboy |
Component: | xscreensaver | Assignee: | Bill Nottingham <notting> |
Status: | CLOSED NOTABUG | QA Contact: | |
Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |
Priority: | medium | ||
Version: | 8.0 | CC: | mitr, rvokal |
Target Milestone: | --- | ||
Target Release: | --- | ||
Hardware: | i686 | ||
OS: | Linux | ||
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Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | |
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Last Closed: | 2003-03-21 02:16:35 UTC | Type: | --- |
Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- |
Documentation: | --- | CRM: | |
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oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
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Description
bcboy
2003-02-21 04:35:30 UTC
DPMS settings are set through the screen saver; 'disabling' the screen saver means it does not run at all. > DPMS settings are set through the screen saver; 'disabling' the screen saver
> means it does not run at all.
Exactly. And that is a bug. It interferes with other programs.
In more detail, the screen saver options are
o One
o Random
o Blank screen
o Disabled
To avoid interfering with video programs which need to keep the monitor on,
dpms should be enabled, but the screen saver should never mess with the screen.
None of these options do this.
So either there needs to be another option, like "Do nothing", or the
"Disabled" setting needs to still honor the dpms setting.
Currently, the only way to watch video is to go edit the screen saver settings
every time you run the program, and restore them every time you're finished so
your monitor isn't left on constantly. This is broken.
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