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gnome-screensaver package

  1. Bug #377175
  2. Comment #16

Comment 16 for bug 377175

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frazzmatazz (frazzmatazz) wrote :

It seem to me the problem may be hard coding of "XF86Screensaver" key (which is volume up key on the Macally Icekey keyboard) in Gnome-screensaver.

The problem has gone away for me since I disabled gnome-screensaver (from memory couldn't remove it due to dependencies)
chmod -x /usr/bin/gnome-screensaver
chmod -x /usr/bin/gnome-screensaver-command
chmod -x /usr/bin/gnome-screensaver-preferences
And continued using Xscreensaver.

I can currently reassign the Volume up key to Volume up function, without triggering the screensaver now. :)

xev tell me this about the Volume Up on Macally Icekey:

KeyRelease event, serial 33, synthetic NO, window 0x5000001,
    root 0x106, subw 0x0, time 15780915, (484,231), root:(489,361),
    state 0x0, keycode 160 (keysym 0x1008ff2d, XF86ScreenSaver), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
    XFilterEvent returns: False