I've the same issue, but I add: not only Mplayer fails to stop XScreensaver, VLC too is unable to stop it. Isn't it a Gnome related bug?
-- Mplayer -stop-xscreensaver doesn't work with gnome-screensaver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/6620 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs