[Portland-bugs] [Bug 61943] xdg-screensaver DPMS wrong behavior with vlc playlist

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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=61943

--- Comment #3 from Fab <netfab at gmail.com> ---
(In reply to comment #1)
> What desktop environment is used in this case?

Xfce 4.10 and xscreensaver.

(In reply to comment #2)
> that said, there's a good change there's some race condition going on
> flipping quickly between enabling/disabling screensaver here.
> 
> The fact you have so many simultaneous xdg-screensaver's running isn't good
> either.

Yes, I understand that. If you want to reproduce, you could create a playlist
with 30+ titles, run vlc on it, then switch titles into the playlist during one
minute, and run ps aux, you will see many xdg-screensaver process.

I don't understand why vlc spawns so much process, but honestly, I don't have
the strength to fight with them to rewrite their playlist algorithm.

All that I know is that from a user point of view, this is very annoying. And I
do not consider myself as a simple user, but as a geek. So imagine what *real
end users* may feel when this happens.

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