xdg-screensaver requires a windowid to suspend it. Once that window disappears, gnome-screensaver automatically resumes.
I was having a problem with mplayer not inhibiting gnome-screensaver, so I wrote this bash alias to inhibit it for mplayer: alias xdg-screensaver-mplayer-suspend="xdg-screensaver suspend $(wmctrl -l | sed -nr 's/^(0x[0-9a-f]+).+mplayer.*/\1/p')" Obviously, you also need wmctrl installed to use it. Whenever I have mplayer running, I just run xdg-screensaver-mplayer-suspend You could do the same thing with skype: alias xdg-screensaver-skype-suspend="xdg-screensaver suspend $(wmctrl -l | sed -nr 's/^(0x[0-9a-f]+).+skype.*/\1/ip')" Or, if you have YouTube in a separate window: alias xdg-screensaver-youtube-suspend="xdg-screensaver suspend $(wmctrl -l | sed -nr 's/^(0x[0-9a-f]+).+youtube.*/\1/ip')" You would just put the command you want into ~/.bashrc Yes, this is a big hassle, and gnome-screensaver-command should be fixed to support inhibit again, but it's a usable workaround for the time being. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-screensaver in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/988949 Title: cannot inhibit gnome screensaver via gnome-screensaver-command To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-screensaver/+bug/988949/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
