Comment 7 for bug 139770

Nico,

Thanks for all the valuable information here. You hit upon every question I
was going to ask. One more request though, and I think we can then
hopefully sort things out finally. Can you post that frontend log that was
made (/var/log/mythtv/frontend.log).

Thanks!

On 9/27/07, Nico <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> OK, some more info:
>
> - my "mythtv" user is logged-in automatically from GDM.
> - this mythtv user is different from my normal user
> - gnome-screensaver is started within the mythtv user session
> - gnome-screensaver is NOT started within my normal user session
> - the screensaver comes on when watching a video from within Mythvideo
> (driving mplayer)
> - the screensaver comes on when watching Live TV
> - the screensaver comes on when watching recorded TV
> - as X is not monitoring the remote's event device, using the remote does
> nothing, I have to use the keyboard to restore the picture
> - the screensaver does not come on or the screen does not blank once I
> have killed the gnome-screensaver process from a remote terminal session
> - now that I have a proper mythfrontend log (many thanks!), I can see no
> mention of gnome-screensaver support anywhere
>
> I am using Gutsy, an install from a Tribe CD in July,following the
> ubuntu wiki instructions, kept up-to-date everyday. It has all the
> mythbuntu branding.
>
> As my setup was using the apparently old style mythtv user, it is
> difficult for me to su and run the preferences manually.
>
> I hope this helps clarifying my current experience.
>
> --
> gnome-screensaver coming up when watching TV or recording
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/139770
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> Mythbuntu, which is the bug contact for Mythbuntu.
>

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Mario Limonciello
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