On Fri, 2020-05-15 at 08:25 -0700, stan via users wrote: > On Fri, 15 May 2020 14:02:17 +0200 > Robin Lee <robin...@mailbox.org> 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
