I upgraded Xubuntu from 12.04 LTS to 14.04 LTS and I removed xscreensaver based on the post-upgrade recommendation.
However, what I found was that the screen blanked while parole was playing a video. Here is what is happening: Parole executes xdg-screensaver to inhibit the screen saver while video is being played and resume normal screen saver operations when the video has either stopped or is paused. xdg-screensaver is a shell script which detects which screen saver is installed and then proceeds to perform the requested operation on the screen saver detected - note here, that light-locker is not supported, but xscreensaver is supported. When no known screen saver is detected, xdg-screensaver defaults to manipulating xset. Light locker is not inhibited and its own timer will expire, thereby blanking the screen. A cursor look at light-locker-command indicates that it supports immediately locking the screen only. i.e.: There is no way for xdg- screensaver to inhibit the light locker timer using light-locker- command. So this issue is still VERY much valid for the light-locker package and its status ought to be changed from invalid. The developers for light- locker will need to work closely with the developers of xdg-utils to get this issue resolved. For those of you interested in a work-around: Re-install xscreensaver and let light-locker pick up the dbus messages sent from the screen saver. Alternatively, uninstall light-locker and go back to xscreensaver. IMHO, light-locker is immature and should not have been introduced into a LTS release, but its heading into a promising direction. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1309744 Title: Light Locker blanks the screen when playing video To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/parole/+bug/1309744/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
