Re: VLC and screen saver
On Tue, 2020-05-19 at 11:33 +0200, Mayavimmer wrote: > Robin Lee wrote: > > > Thanks for letting me know I'm not the only one. > > > > Also been launching VLC from a terminal lately and sometimes it > > also > > doesn't terminate cleanly that way. I close the VLC window, it > > disappears from system panel, but in the terminal window the prompt > > is > > not returned. Ctrl-c returns the prompt and VLC doesn't show up > > anymore > > in system monitor. > > I also experienced the same and more recent Vlc weirdness. > > I fixed it by removing the config file with: > > $ mv ~/.config/vlc ~/.config/vlc--00--maybe-broken > > If you don't need the old config, try it. Thanks for the suggestion, but it didn't change anything for me. I guess it just some combination of content and slightly buggy codecs that sometimes causes VLC not to exit cleanly. And the screen saver can't tell the difference between that a running vlc that you don't want to blank the screen on. ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org
Re: VLC and screen saver
Robin Lee wrote: > Thanks for letting me know I'm not the only one. > > Also been launching VLC from a terminal lately and sometimes it also > doesn't terminate cleanly that way. I close the VLC window, it > disappears from system panel, but in the terminal window the prompt is > not returned. Ctrl-c returns the prompt and VLC doesn't show up anymore > in system monitor. I also experienced the same and more recent Vlc weirdness. I fixed it by removing the config file with: $ mv ~/.config/vlc ~/.config/vlc--00--maybe-broken If you don't need the old config, try it. ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org
Re: VLC and screen saver
On Mon, 2020-05-18 at 18:20 +0800, Ian Chapman wrote: > Hi, > > > > The thing is that sometimes when I close vlc after I've watched > > some > > video it doesn't terminate cleanly. That is there is still a vlc > > process running in the background and it prevents the screen saver > > from > > blanking the screen. So sometimes when I wake up or come home after > > being out I notice that the screen has been on all the time. Not so > > good. I have to go to system monitor and find the vlc process and > > kill > > it, then the screen saver can again do its thing. > > > > Can anything be done about it, except always checking manually that > > vlc > > has terminated completely? > > For what it's worth I see this exact same issue, on F31 and F32. Not > sure exactly when it started but I see it even when I start vlc from > the > command line. I "close" the vlc window but often still have to CTRL-C > on > the terminal. Thanks for letting me know I'm not the only one. Also been launching VLC from a terminal lately and sometimes it also doesn't terminate cleanly that way. I close the VLC window, it disappears from system panel, but in the terminal window the prompt is not returned. Ctrl-c returns the prompt and VLC doesn't show up anymore in system monitor. ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org
Re: VLC and screen saver
On Mon, 2020-05-18 at 18:20 +0800, Ian Chapman wrote: > For what it's worth I see this exact same issue, on F31 and F32. Not > sure exactly when it started but I see it even when I start vlc from > the command line. I "close" the vlc window but often still have to > CTRL-C on the terminal. It could be a codec. Some badly encoded files being played, or a badly written codec that handles it. I find some files would jam up VLC hard, and it couldn't be quit without a reboot. -- uname -rsvp Linux 3.10.0-1127.8.2.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue May 12 16:57:42 UTC 2020 x86_64 Boilerplate: All unexpected mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted. I will only get to see the messages that are posted to the mailing list. ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org
Re: VLC and screen saver
On 5/18/20 6:20 AM, Ian Chapman wrote: Hi, The thing is that sometimes when I close vlc after I've watched some video it doesn't terminate cleanly. That is there is still a vlc process running in the background and it prevents the screen saver from blanking the screen. So sometimes when I wake up or come home after being out I notice that the screen has been on all the time. Not so good. I have to go to system monitor and find the vlc process and kill it, then the screen saver can again do its thing. Can anything be done about it, except always checking manually that vlc has terminated completely? For what it's worth I see this exact same issue, on F31 and F32. Not sure exactly when it started but I see it even when I start vlc from the command line. I "close" the vlc window but often still have to CTRL-C on the terminal. When this happens, check the system panel. Do you see a VLC icon there? Right click and exit. Does this clear up your terminal window? VLC, for me, has this background task that stays running unless I exit it. In addition when I pause videos, it still sits chewing 100% CPU time, or rather 200% in this case on my little 2 core netbook. ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org
Re: VLC and screen saver
Hi, The thing is that sometimes when I close vlc after I've watched some video it doesn't terminate cleanly. That is there is still a vlc process running in the background and it prevents the screen saver from blanking the screen. So sometimes when I wake up or come home after being out I notice that the screen has been on all the time. Not so good. I have to go to system monitor and find the vlc process and kill it, then the screen saver can again do its thing. Can anything be done about it, except always checking manually that vlc has terminated completely? For what it's worth I see this exact same issue, on F31 and F32. Not sure exactly when it started but I see it even when I start vlc from the command line. I "close" the vlc window but often still have to CTRL-C on the terminal. In addition when I pause videos, it still sits chewing 100% CPU time, or rather 200% in this case on my little 2 core netbook. -- Regards, Ian Chapman ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org
Re: VLC and screen saver
On Sat, 2020-05-16 at 05:54 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 2020-05-15 20:02, Robin Lee wrote: > > Hi > > > > I'm on Fedora 32, but this problem I have had for a while. > > > > The thing is that sometimes when I close vlc after I've watched > > some > > video it doesn't terminate cleanly. That is there is still a vlc > > process running in the background and it prevents the screen saver > > from > > blanking the screen. So sometimes when I wake up or come home after > > being out I notice that the screen has been on all the time. Not so > > good. I have to go to system monitor and find the vlc process and > > kill > > it, then the screen saver can again do its thing. > > > > Can anything be done about it, except always checking manually that > > vlc > > has terminated completely? > > > > > > What desktop are you running and how are you starting vlc? Gnome. The most frequent (I think) way I start VLC is from Files and right-click to get to 'Open with other application' ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org
Re: VLC and screen saver
On 2020-05-15 20:02, Robin Lee wrote: > Hi > > I'm on Fedora 32, but this problem I have had for a while. > > The thing is that sometimes when I close vlc after I've watched some > video it doesn't terminate cleanly. That is there is still a vlc > process running in the background and it prevents the screen saver from > blanking the screen. So sometimes when I wake up or come home after > being out I notice that the screen has been on all the time. Not so > good. I have to go to system monitor and find the vlc process and kill > it, then the screen saver can again do its thing. > > Can anything be done about it, except always checking manually that vlc > has terminated completely? > > What desktop are you running and how are you starting vlc? I run KDE and the vlc from rpmfusion and have never seen this issue. In KDE you can modify the menu item to start vlc. So, if you use KDE or a DE that allows that you can start vlc from within a script and at the end of the script use killall to kill any stray vlc processes. That would at least be a work around until any bugzilla you file gets addressed. -- The key to getting good answers is to ask good questions. ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org
Re: VLC and screen saver
On 5/15/20 12:01 PM, Robin Lee wrote: I had a look at https://bugzilla.redhat.com but didn't find a VLC component there. Mine vlc rpm package comes from RPM Fusion. Is there some other way to get it? rpmfusion has their own bugzilla: https://rpmfusion.org/ReportingBugs Or you can try reporting it upstream to vlc directly. ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org
Re: VLC and screen saver
On Fri, 2020-05-15 at 08:25 -0700, stan via users wrote: > On Fri, 15 May 2020 14:02:17 +0200 > Robin Lee wrote: > > > The thing is that sometimes when I close vlc after I've watched > > some > > video it doesn't terminate cleanly. That is there is still a vlc > > process running in the background and it prevents the screen saver > > from blanking the screen. So sometimes when I wake up or come home > > after being out I notice that the screen has been on all the time. > > Not so good. I have to go to system monitor and find the vlc > > process > > and kill it, then the screen saver can again do its thing. > > > > Can anything be done about it, except always checking manually that > > vlc has terminated completely? > > You definitely need to open a bugzilla against vlc. If it doesn't > terminate when asked to, that is a bug. Now, whether it is vlc at > fault, or the system, is hard to say. But a bugzilla will at least > get > things rolling. > > What happens if instead of using vlc to quit, you hit Alt-F4 when it > is > in focus to close it? That sends a terminate signal, and its > internal > logic then cleans up and closes. The difference is that this is > external rather than internal. I had a look at https://bugzilla.redhat.com but didn't find a VLC component there. Mine vlc rpm package comes from RPM Fusion. Is there some other way to get it? Tested the Alt-F4 method, but I found that it also could leave a vlc process running in the background. ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org
Re: VLC and screen saver
On 5/15/20 8:02 AM, Robin Lee wrote: Hi I'm on Fedora 32, but this problem I have had for a while. The thing is that sometimes when I close vlc after I've watched some video it doesn't terminate cleanly. That is there is still a vlc process running in the background and it prevents the screen saver from blanking the screen. So sometimes when I wake up or come home after being out I notice that the screen has been on all the time. Not so good. I have to go to system monitor and find the vlc process and kill it, then the screen saver can again do its thing. Can anything be done about it, except always checking manually that vlc has terminated completely? After I exit VLC, I notice it up in my System Panel (I am using Xfce) and I have to right click it and exit VLC. ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org
Re: VLC and screen saver
On Fri, 15 May 2020 14:02:17 +0200 Robin Lee wrote: > The thing is that sometimes when I close vlc after I've watched some > video it doesn't terminate cleanly. That is there is still a vlc > process running in the background and it prevents the screen saver > from blanking the screen. So sometimes when I wake up or come home > after being out I notice that the screen has been on all the time. > Not so good. I have to go to system monitor and find the vlc process > and kill it, then the screen saver can again do its thing. > > Can anything be done about it, except always checking manually that > vlc has terminated completely? You definitely need to open a bugzilla against vlc. If it doesn't terminate when asked to, that is a bug. Now, whether it is vlc at fault, or the system, is hard to say. But a bugzilla will at least get things rolling. What happens if instead of using vlc to quit, you hit Alt-F4 when it is in focus to close it? That sends a terminate signal, and its internal logic then cleans up and closes. The difference is that this is external rather than internal. ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org
VLC and screen saver
Hi I'm on Fedora 32, but this problem I have had for a while. The thing is that sometimes when I close vlc after I've watched some video it doesn't terminate cleanly. That is there is still a vlc process running in the background and it prevents the screen saver from blanking the screen. So sometimes when I wake up or come home after being out I notice that the screen has been on all the time. Not so good. I have to go to system monitor and find the vlc process and kill it, then the screen saver can again do its thing. Can anything be done about it, except always checking manually that vlc has terminated completely? Cheers Robin ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org
