screen turns off even when watching fullscreen media
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Unity |
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gnome-power-manager (Ubuntu) |
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unity (Ubuntu) |
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Since I installed a clean 13.04 ubuntu on a new computer, I've got the screen set up to automatically turn off after 10 minutes of inactivity, which is the default setting.
However, that shouldn't apply when some application is showing media content in the foreground (e.g. whatching a youtube video), especially when in fullscreen (though actually fullscreen or not shouldn't even matter, provided the application playing media content is on the foreground).
I'm not sure whether this is a regression or has always been sure (i used to have the screen set up to never turn off anyway), but all other operating systems have this right (Windows, Mac OS, Android), at least for the fullscreen case.
Applications playing visual media must inhibit the turning off of the screen (basically playing media should not be considered "inactivity").
Basing the detection of inactivity merely on mouse and keyboard input is ridiculously obsolete.
I don't know whether this is the OS's fault in not allowing applications to inhibit the "idle" state, or if it's the application that is failing to do so. If the latter, then one that doesn't is certainly Google Chrome when playing video.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: unity 7.0.0daily13.
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-31-generic x86_64
.tmp.unity.
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.3
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/
CompositorRunning: compiz
CompositorUnred
CompositorUnred
Date: Mon Oct 14 03:47:53 2013
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: raring
DistroVariant: ubuntu
GraphicsCard:
Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller [8086:0166] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:0647]
NVIDIA Corporation GF117M [GeForce 610M/710M / GT 620M/625M/
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] GeForce 710M [1025:0691]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-11 (2 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
MachineType: Acer Aspire V3-571G
MarkForUpload: True
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 10/15/2012
dmi.bios.vendor: Acer
dmi.bios.version: V2.07
dmi.board.
dmi.board.name: VA50_HC_CR
dmi.board.vendor: Acer
dmi.board.version: Type2 - Board Version
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer
dmi.chassis.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAcer:
dmi.product.name: Aspire V3-571G
dmi.product.
dmi.sys.vendor: Acer
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.9~
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.43-0ubuntu1.1
version.
version.
version.
version.
version.
version.
version.
version.
xserver.bootTime: Mon Oct 14 01:15:32 2013
xserver.configfile: default
xserver.errors:
xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.version: 2:1.13.3-0ubuntu6
xserver.
Changed in unity: | |
status: | New → Invalid |
Changed in unity (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Invalid |