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<b><a class="bz_bug_link
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title="NEEDINFO - spice client doesn't inhibit screensaver properly"
href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34793#c10">Comment # 10</a>
on <a class="bz_bug_link
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title="NEEDINFO - spice client doesn't inhibit screensaver properly"
href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34793">bug 34793</a>
from <span class="vcard"><a class="email" href="mailto:freedesktop-bugzilla@dm.cobite.com" title="David Mansfield <freedesktop-bugzilla@dm.cobite.com>"> <span class="fn">David Mansfield</span></a>
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<pre>I've been pointed (correctly) to this bug from the list. My issue adds another
wrinkle. I run spice full-screen on one monitor (actually two) but the other
monitor is "local". So inhibiting the screensaver means leaving all that
information visible - indefinitely.
Additionally, since there is no activity being sent to local screensaver, the
minute the mouse moves out of the "spice monitor" the screensaver locks, even
though I typed a key 1 second ago.
Maybe this all works in GNOME, but I use MATE. I should test it. Anyway,
since this bug is open, I assume it's still a problem everywhere.
I think two things fix this:
1) "poke" the local screensaver when there is "activity" in the spice window.
this could be a) every mouse and keyboard event, b) once per "time quantum", or
c)"just-in-time" before local screensaver locks, but I think c) sounds
horrendously difficult for no benefit
2) via the guest agent, integrate with guest screensaver. when it blanks
and/or locks, release mouse/keyboard grab. if the local screensaver is ready,
it will immediately lock simultaneously. Yes, the user will have a double
screen-unlock to deal with. Maybe another agent message could take care of that
and unlock the guest screensaver when local is unlocked, but that is a feature
for another day.
One additionaly thing: the guest agent should lock the guest screensaver on
disconnect.</pre>
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