Perhaps is power management lowering your monitor brightness when no activity noted.
On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 2:42 AM, Scott Ferguson < prettyfly.producti...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 18/06/11 03:16, Michael Schuerig wrote: > > > > When I'm watching DVDs with vlc, at regular intervals an OSD popup > > appears. It looks similar to the volume popup, but has another icon that > > looks like a monitor. The same popup sometimes appears before the > > screensaver is activated and after it is deactivated. > > > > In the case of vlc, the popup might be triggered by a periodic event > > fired to prevent the screensaver from activating while a video is being > > shown. > > > > At any rate, I'd like to get rid of the popup. Does anyone know how to? > > > > Michael > > > Check your hotkey settings for VLC. "Display OSD menu on top of video > output" is Alt+Shift+m, unset as default, "Do not display OSD menu on > video output" is Ctrl+Alt+m, unset as default. You may have > inadvertently set and trigger those. > Also:- > Under "Videos/Subtitles/OSD" try unticking "On Screen Display" and check > that "Overlays"/"On Screen Display Menu" is not ticked. > > Cheers > > -- > I don't mean to sound bitter, cold, or cruel, but I am, so that's how it > comes out. > ~ Bill Hicks > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kde-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4dfc1099.5060...@gmail.com > > -- Nos vemos en los bares. J. Carlos