[mythtv-users] viewer falls asleep with the EPG open - plasma burn in concerns

[Greg Oliver]

On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 8:28 PM, Johnny Walker <johnnyjboss at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 2:11 PM, Johnny Walker <johnnyjboss at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 2:06 PM, Michael T. Dean
>> <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
>>> On 03/30/2010 02:49 PM, Johnny Walker wrote:
>>>>
>>>> That is interesting since I just installed xdg-utils on my dev laptop
>>>> and 'xdg-screensaver activate' is not invoking my screensaver either
>>>> in 9.10. I wonder if there's a bug.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Also, note that xdg-screensaver only supports those screensaver programs for
>>> which someone has submitted supported code.  I wouldn't be surprised if the
>>> one you're trying to use isn't supported, yet.
>>>
>>> Mike
>>
>> So far I've been trying to use antspotlight which I thought was part
>> of gnome-screensaver and managed through the xfce control panel.
>>
>> The only bug I have found (so far) is related to /not/ being able to
>> poke the gnome-screensaver. I've yet to locate a bug on not being able
>> to start it.
>>
> I seem to be on the right trail now...
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=538694
>
> I can confirm that my output of gnome-power-manager --verbose shows me this:
>
> - DBUS error: Could not get owner of name 'org.gnome.SessionManager':
> no such name
>
> as well as:
>
> - no gnome-session
>
> Is it possible that the gnome-screensaver is not valid in an xfce session?

I can say that from 9.10 -> 10.4 Ubuntu changed back to xscreensaver
instead of gnome-screensaver...

-Greg