Ubuntu
xscreensaver package

When playing video/flash/other non-interactive media, screen is blanked after a few minutes

Bug #13780 reported by Tim Hull
6
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
xscreensaver (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Medium
Sebastien Bacher

Bug Description

I recently watched some non-interactive Flash media on my laptop. After a few
minutes,
the screen was blanked. The system should not blank the video like this if
Flash, DVD, or other non-interative
media is being played.

Revision history for this message
Daniel Stone (daniels) wrote :

'The system' cannot detect this sort of thing. There are two solutions to this
problem: one, extend the Xss API so clients can let the server know they're
playing media and should not be interrupted; two, just fake key events every now
and then like mplayer.

Revision history for this message
Matt Zimmerman (mdz) wrote :

Right, the bug is in the flash player. Clients need to disable the screensaver
explicitly if appropriate.

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