On Jul 10, 2005, at 10:57 AM, Michael Shields wrote:
However, this leaves a
screensaver running on the old display, now hidden but likely
consuming
a significant amount of CPU.
Do you have evidence that this CPU usage is a problem? Because it
shouldn't be:
http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/faq.html#suspend
It would be helpful if starting a new
session also set the old one to a blank screen instead of a graphics
hack, as if "xscreensaver-command -throttle" had been run.
Not a bad idea, I suppose, but the more general solution would be to
throttle while (and only while) the VT that the X server is running
on is not the selected one. You want the screen saver to un-throttle
when the user switches back.
However, I don't know how to tell A) which VT X is on; B) whether it
is the front; or C) when it changes.
--
Jamie Zawinski [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.jwz.org/
[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dnalounge.com/
http://jwz.livejournal.com/
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
