[Portland-bugs] [Bug 26085] xdg-screensaver resume activates the screensaver on KDE4

[Jean-Philippe André]

Hello,

Le lundi 18 janvier 2010 à 05:29:39, bugzilla-daemon at freedesktop.org a écrit :
> http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26085
>
> Thanks!
> 
> fabo, I'm going ahead and committing this (holler at me if you had something
> else in mind).

Thanks for committing so fast.

> Now, if some kind soul could translate the (easier) qdbus calls to dbus-send
> ... :)

We're still having an issue around this "fixed" bug. Actually, the call
to Inhibit does not do anything. Indeed the calling process (qdbus) exits
immediately, and here's what the specification states:


        Name:           Inhibit
        Args:           DBUS_TYPE_STRING "application-name"
                        DBUS_TYPE_STRING "reason for inhibit"
        Returns:        INT cookie
                        This is a random number used to identify the
                        request.
        Description:    Request that saving the screen due to system
                        idleness be blocked until UnInhibit is called or the
                        calling process exits.

Found at:
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xdg/2007-March/009187.html
(no idea at what point this reflects the actual implementation)

This kind of sucks, and the screensaver indeed activates itself after 5
or 10 minutes (note: I've not configured any kscreensaver / xscreensaver
or whatever except power management).
Using qdbusviewer (a process that does not exit), I have been able to
prevent the screensaver activation.

Sorry, I have no patch this time, I don't see any way to pass a call
from a Shell script without exiting :-(


(PS: I don't understand how the scripts are meant to work with
xdg-screensaver and xdg-screensaver.in)


Best regards,

-- 
Jean-Philippe André (jpeg)