[mythtv-users] DPMS activating during MythMusic (0.26)

Michael Watson michael at thewatsonfamily.id.au
Wed Mar 6 21:43:54 UTC 2013


On 7/03/2013 4:05 AM, Karl Newman wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 5:34 AM, Michael Watson 
> <michael at thewatsonfamily.id.au <mailto:michael at thewatsonfamily.id.au>> 
> wrote:
>
>     On 6/03/2013 4:47 PM, Karl Newman wrote:
>
>         On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 7:39 PM, Michael Watson
>         <michael at thewatsonfamily.id.au
>         <mailto:michael at thewatsonfamily.id.au>
>         <mailto:michael at thewatsonfamily.id.au
>         <mailto:michael at thewatsonfamily.id.au>>> wrote:
>
>             On 5/03/2013 5:22 AM, Paul Harrison wrote:
>
>                 On 04/03/13 13:50, Michael Watson wrote:
>
>                     On 1/03/2013 10:19 AM, Paul Harrison wrote:
>
>                         OK here you go try this one. Only lightly
>         tested there
>                         may still be a few tweaks needed here and
>         there but
>                         seems to work OK. The patch is for 0.26-fixes
>         but I've
>                         not had time to test if it will compile OK on
>         fixes
>                         but I don't expect any problems.
>
>                         Paul H.
>
>                     Thanks.
>
>                     Compiling now, will test tomorrow.
>                     What am should I be expecting?
>
>
>                 It should work a little more like it did in the old
>         interface
>                 so after the delay the visualizer switches to full
>         screen and
>                 pressing escape returns you to where you was rather than
>                 returning you to the menu like the first version of
>         the patch.
>                 When in full screen mode the popup menu show a limited
>         number
>                 of options that are relevant while in full screen mode.
>
>             Works as expected, so far (limited testing).
>             Had a couple of issues though (Not sure if related to
>         patch or not)
>
>                 changing from "Current Playlist" -> "Playlist Editor -
>         Tree"
>             caused a segfault on one occasion.  Tail end of log attached.
>                 In Playlist Editor - Tree, the check box is
>         overwritten by the
>             song title.  (Using Mythbuntu Theme, its displayed
>         correctly using
>             MythCentre-Wide Theme)
>
>
>             Many thanks.
>             Michael
>
>             Now, just want a visualizer that randomly cycles through
>         Images in
>             MythGallery
>
>
>         Why don't you just use glslideshow from xscreensaver? I do
>         this and with 0.25+ (maybe 0.24+) the screensaver will
>         activate after a delay while MythMusic is playing with no
>         visualizer active.
>
>
>     That is what I used to do, but unfortunately that behavior changed
>     in 0.26
>
>
> Really? I guess that's yet another reason for me NOT to upgrade to 
> 0.26. What does it do now? Does it suppress the screensaver, or blank 
> the screen, or what?
>
> Karl
>
Without this patch, it just suppresses the screen saver.



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