mythgame doesn't disable screensaver before launching game

[Ross Campbell]

using mythbuntu 8.04.1 on X64 with all latest patches and running mythtv packages from the weekly builds repository, I notice that launching a game from mythgame and playing it with a joypad will cause the screensaver to kick in after the default screensaver timeout.

I suspect that the gnome-screensaver disable patch that mythbuntu includes needs to be enhanced to disable screensaver in all plugins that could exec an external program prior to exec, and then re-enable it when the program returns.

[laga (laga)]

Correct.

In /mythplugins-fixes/mythgame/mythgame/gamehandler.cpp, myth_system() is used to launch the game (around line 867).

myth_system() does not disable the screen saver by default. We can use the ScreenSaverControl class to, um, control the screen saver in mythgame.

[laga (laga)]

Hello Ross,

I've put together a patch and uploaded a test build to my PPA: https://launchpad.net/~laga/+archive

[Ross Campbell (ross-campbell)]

Is your patch in 0.21-fixes-1840 ? Looked like your fixes are for an older
svn-fixes version of mythgame.
-Ross

On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 1:15 PM, laga <email address hidden> wrote:

> Hello Ross,
>
> I've put together a patch and uploaded a test build to my PPA:
> https://launchpad.net/~laga/+archive<https://launchpad.net/%7Elaga/+archive>
>
> --
> mythgame doesn't disable screensaver before launching game
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/264591
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package mythplugins - 0.21.0+fixes18722-0ubuntu1

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mythplugins (0.21.0+fixes18722-0ubuntu1) intrepid; urgency=low

  * New upstream checkout. Fixes:
    - (LP: #256027)
    - (LP: #236297)
  * Add 12_fix_screensaver_in_mythgame.dpatch (LP: #264591)
  * debian/mythweb.postinst: fix symlink to MythVideo data folder in MythWeb
    (LP: #248563)

 -- Michael Haas <email address hidden> Wed, 15 Oct 2008 23:59:06 +0200

[MarcRandolph (mrand)]

Should have been released with 8.10 since it was fixed in mythplugins according to the following note:

This bug was fixed in the package mythplugins - 0.21.0+fixes18722-0ubuntu1
---------------
mythplugins (0.21.0+fixes18722-0ubuntu1) intrepid; urgency=low
  * New upstream checkout. Fixes:
    - (LP: #256027)
    - (LP: #236297)
  * Add 12_fix_screensaver_in_mythgame.dpatch (LP: #264591)
  * debian/mythweb.postinst: fix symlink to MythVideo data folder in MythWeb
    (LP: #248563)
 -- Michael Haas <email address hidden> Wed, 15 Oct 2008 23:59:06 +0200

[Ross Campbell (ross-campbell)]

FYI - I still have the issue with screensaver in mythgame. I'm using
mythgame to launch pSX emulator. I'm using a game pad to control mythtv and
to use the game. It appears that just using the game pad doesn't appear as
an "activity" event to the screensaver... so after 20 minutes of play, the
screensaver kicks in and pauses the gameplay. It's a minor annoyance.
-Ross

On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 9:39 AM, MarcRandolph <email address hidden> wrote:

> Should have been released with 8.10 since it was fixed in mythplugins
> according to the following note:
>
>
> This bug was fixed in the package mythplugins - 0.21.0+fixes18722-0ubuntu1
> ---------------
> mythplugins (0.21.0+fixes18722-0ubuntu1) intrepid; urgency=low
> * New upstream checkout. Fixes:
> - (LP: #256027)
> - (LP: #236297)
> * Add 12_fix_screensaver_in_mythgame.dpatch (LP: #264591)
> * debian/mythweb.postinst: fix symlink to MythVideo data folder in MythWeb
> (LP: #248563)
> -- Michael Haas <email address hidden> Wed, 15 Oct 2008 23:59:06 +0200
>
>
> ** Changed in: mythbuntu
> Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released
>
> --
> mythgame doesn't disable screensaver before launching game
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/264591
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>

[MarcRandolph (mrand)]

Ross, are you running a recent version (fixes18722 or newer)?

Thanks!

[Ross Campbell (ross-campbell)]

I'm running the mythtv-fixes for Ubuntu 8.04 -- 20324, I have xscreensaver
enabled on my box for mythtv in general -- so when I'm at a menu and idle
for 20 mins it comes on, but when I'm watching a video or tv, it doesn't.

Here's the exact scenario where I get caught with the screensaver coming
back on...

launch pSX from mythgame (32-bit binary with all libs satisfied with
getlibs), play with joystick. Every 20 minutes, screen blanks and pauses
game. Joystick controller event input is not recognized by xscreensaver or
gnome-screensaver. I need to hit a key on the keyboard. Repeat everyt 20
minutes.

I just confirmed this again yesterday.

-Ross

On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 10:54 AM, MarcRandolph <email address hidden> wrote:

> Ross, are you running a recent version (fixes18722 or newer)?
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> ** Changed in: mythplugins (Ubuntu)
> Status: Fix Released => Confirmed
>
> --
> mythgame doesn't disable screensaver before launching game
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/264591
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>

[MarcRandolph (mrand)]

screensaver stuff has been redone again, so I strongly suspect your problem is resolved. Please try 10.04 (beta 2 comes out next week). If there is still a problem, feel free to re-open this ticket.