| 2006-02-22 12:49:16 |
Dana Olson |
bug |
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added bug |
| 2006-03-06 20:46:38 |
Dana Olson |
gnome-screensaver: status |
Unconfirmed |
Confirmed |
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| 2006-03-06 20:46:38 |
Dana Olson |
gnome-screensaver: statusexplanation |
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I took the time to register and report this bug upstream, as dholbach suggested on IRC, and just as I suspected, they closed it saying it isn't a bug.
BUT, the purpose of a screensaver is not to mess up end users who are playing games or watching movies. Its purpose is to do two basic things:
1) Allow the screen to be locked while being temporarily away from the PC
2) To have something constantly moving on the screen (or alternately have a blank screen), to avoid burn-in images.
If I am watching a movie or playing a game, I am not going to be temporarily away from the PC, and locking the screen is not something I will want to do, so #1 is not needed.
If I am playing a game or watching a movie, then the screen is constantly changing, and therefore I am avoiding burn-in images, nullifying #2.
I am not the only one who found this "functionality" to be a pain, and I think that the upstream attitude of "it should be changed in every other application" is wrong.
Xscreensaver used to work just fine, and I think that given the circumstances, it should remain default in Dapper, until either upstream changes their tune, or every other application (which may or may not be actively maintianed) modifies all of their applications to work around a new screensaver design.
The alternative is to leave gnome-screensaver as default and deal with many unsatisfied and annoyed users. |
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| 2006-03-25 17:34:11 |
Dana Olson |
description |
I am running a current Dapper as of 22-Feb-06 07:00:00 -0500
I started playing a game, Frozen Bubble, and I was doing rather well, and then the screensaver came on. I couldn't get it to go away without hitting escape several times, exiting Frozen Bubble, losing my progress in the game. |
I am running a current Dapper as of 22-Feb-06 07:00:00 -0500
I started playing a game, Frozen Bubble, and I was doing rather well, and then the screensaver came on. I couldn't get it to go away without hitting escape several times, exiting Frozen Bubble, losing my progress in the game.
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UPDATED DESCRIPTION:
The screensaver activates with many (perhaps all?) SDL games that do not require mouse input to play. Some of these games can remove the screensaver upon moving the mouse, but not all of them, and this is not a solution.
It also affects commercial games such as Professor Fizzwizzle that use SDL.
If a patch can be added to libsdl, then this should fix all games and apps that use it, avoiding individual patches for every affected game.
The patch could go in the keyboard handling routine, although if there's a better place in the code to put it, it might be better to avoid launching the screensaver at all when an SDL game is running. |
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| 2006-03-25 17:34:11 |
Dana Olson |
title |
Screensaver activates while playing a game |
Screensaver activates while playing SDL games |
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| 2006-03-25 17:34:41 |
Dana Olson |
gnome-screensaver: statusexplanation |
I took the time to register and report this bug upstream, as dholbach suggested on IRC, and just as I suspected, they closed it saying it isn't a bug.
BUT, the purpose of a screensaver is not to mess up end users who are playing games or watching movies. Its purpose is to do two basic things:
1) Allow the screen to be locked while being temporarily away from the PC
2) To have something constantly moving on the screen (or alternately have a blank screen), to avoid burn-in images.
If I am watching a movie or playing a game, I am not going to be temporarily away from the PC, and locking the screen is not something I will want to do, so #1 is not needed.
If I am playing a game or watching a movie, then the screen is constantly changing, and therefore I am avoiding burn-in images, nullifying #2.
I am not the only one who found this "functionality" to be a pain, and I think that the upstream attitude of "it should be changed in every other application" is wrong.
Xscreensaver used to work just fine, and I think that given the circumstances, it should remain default in Dapper, until either upstream changes their tune, or every other application (which may or may not be actively maintianed) modifies all of their applications to work around a new screensaver design.
The alternative is to leave gnome-screensaver as default and deal with many unsatisfied and annoyed users. |
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| 2006-03-25 18:28:50 |
Loïc Martin |
title |
Screensaver activates while playing SDL games |
gnome-screensaver activates while playing SDL games |
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| 2006-06-20 04:36:33 |
Philip Cain |
bug |
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assigned to gnome-screensaver (Ubuntu) |
| 2006-06-22 08:11:31 |
Philip Cain |
bug |
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added attachment 'gs-grab-x11.c.diff' (Patch from upstream) |
| 2006-06-22 08:12:25 |
Philip Cain |
bug |
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assigned to gnome-screensaver (upstream) |
| 2006-06-23 06:27:55 |
Bug Watch Updater |
gnome-screensaver: status |
Unknown |
Unconfirmed |
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| 2006-07-10 21:55:32 |
Simon Law |
gnome-screensaver: status |
Unconfirmed |
Confirmed |
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| 2006-07-10 21:55:32 |
Simon Law |
gnome-screensaver: importance |
Untriaged |
Medium |
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| 2006-07-10 21:55:32 |
Simon Law |
gnome-screensaver: statusexplanation |
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| 2006-07-28 06:43:41 |
Bug Watch Updater |
gnome-screensaver: status |
Unconfirmed |
Fix Released |
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| 2006-10-04 13:56:06 |
Timo Aaltonen |
gnome-screensaver: status |
Confirmed |
Fix Released |
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| 2006-10-04 13:56:06 |
Timo Aaltonen |
gnome-screensaver: statusexplanation |
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bah, sorry for the noise, but g-s 2.16 is in edgy, of course. I'll mark this fixed for now, please reopen if the issue still persists after upgrading to Ubuntu 6.10. |
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| 2006-10-04 13:56:46 |
Timo Aaltonen |
libsdl1.2: status |
Confirmed |
Rejected |
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| 2006-10-04 13:56:46 |
Timo Aaltonen |
libsdl1.2: statusexplanation |
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libsdl1.2 is not to blame, marking rejected. |
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| 2006-10-04 15:32:17 |
Timo Aaltonen |
libsdl1.2: status |
Unconfirmed |
Confirmed |
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| 2006-10-04 15:32:17 |
Timo Aaltonen |
libsdl1.2: statusexplanation |
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ok, marking this for dapper. It should be assigned to someone too.. |
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| 2007-06-27 01:42:03 |
Brian Murray |
gnome-screensaver: status |
Fix Released |
Confirmed |
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| 2007-06-27 01:42:03 |
Brian Murray |
gnome-screensaver: statusexplanation |
bah, sorry for the noise, but g-s 2.16 is in edgy, of course. I'll mark this fixed for now, please reopen if the issue still persists after upgrading to Ubuntu 6.10. |
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| 2007-10-22 22:13:02 |
Loïc Martin |
description |
I am running a current Dapper as of 22-Feb-06 07:00:00 -0500
I started playing a game, Frozen Bubble, and I was doing rather well, and then the screensaver came on. I couldn't get it to go away without hitting escape several times, exiting Frozen Bubble, losing my progress in the game.
---
UPDATED DESCRIPTION:
The screensaver activates with many (perhaps all?) SDL games that do not require mouse input to play. Some of these games can remove the screensaver upon moving the mouse, but not all of them, and this is not a solution.
It also affects commercial games such as Professor Fizzwizzle that use SDL.
If a patch can be added to libsdl, then this should fix all games and apps that use it, avoiding individual patches for every affected game.
The patch could go in the keyboard handling routine, although if there's a better place in the code to put it, it might be better to avoid launching the screensaver at all when an SDL game is running. |
Gutsy : on final release of Ubuntu 7.10, gnome-screensaver activates while playing sdl games, like armagetronad. This is a regression from Edgy and Feisty
Following is the original report :
I am running a current Dapper as of 22-Feb-06 07:00:00 -0500
I started playing a game, Frozen Bubble, and I was doing rather well, and then the screensaver came on. I couldn't get it to go away without hitting escape several times, exiting Frozen Bubble, losing my progress in the game.
---
UPDATED DESCRIPTION:
The screensaver activates with many (perhaps all?) SDL games that do not require mouse input to play. Some of these games can remove the screensaver upon moving the mouse, but not all of them, and this is not a solution.
It also affects commercial games such as Professor Fizzwizzle that use SDL.
If a patch can be added to libsdl, then this should fix all games and apps that use it, avoiding individual patches for every affected game.
The patch could go in the keyboard handling routine, although if there's a better place in the code to put it, it might be better to avoid launching the screensaver at all when an SDL game is running. |
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| 2007-10-22 22:13:02 |
Loïc Martin |
title |
gnome-screensaver activates while playing SDL games |
[Gutsy] [Regression] gnome-screensaver activates while playing SDL games |
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| 2008-04-09 19:37:15 |
Kees Cook |
bug |
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added subscriber Ubuntu Security Team |
| 2009-01-19 04:41:19 |
Saivann Carignan |
title |
[Gutsy] [Regression] gnome-screensaver activates while playing SDL games |
gnome-screensaver activates while playing SDL games |
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| 2009-01-19 05:03:01 |
Saivann Carignan |
gnome-screensaver: status |
Fix Released |
Unknown |
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| 2009-01-19 05:03:01 |
Saivann Carignan |
gnome-screensaver: statusexplanation |
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I opened a new upstream bug report, the old one didn't seem to be related to this bug. Let's see what GNOME developers think about this. |
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| 2009-01-19 05:31:04 |
Bug Watch Updater |
gnome-screensaver: status |
Unknown |
New |
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| 2009-04-28 17:52:22 |
Marc Deslauriers |
security vulnerability |
yes |
no |
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| 2009-04-28 17:52:45 |
Marc Deslauriers |
removed subscriber Ubuntu Security Team |
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| 2009-05-19 18:15:18 |
livingtarget |
removed subscriber livingtarget |
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| 2009-05-30 03:28:49 |
Saivann Carignan |
summary |
gnome-screensaver activates while playing SDL games |
gnome-screensaver activates while playing SDL games with compiz enabled |
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| 2009-09-21 17:21:16 |
Travis Watkins |
summary |
gnome-screensaver activates while playing SDL games with compiz enabled |
gnome-screensaver activates while playing SDL games |
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| 2009-09-23 13:49:57 |
Emilio Pozuelo Monfort |
removed subscriber Emilio Pozuelo Monfort |
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| 2010-02-25 11:20:24 |
Chris Coulson |
gnome-screensaver (Ubuntu): status |
Confirmed |
Fix Released |
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| 2010-02-25 11:20:47 |
Chris Coulson |
gnome-screensaver (Ubuntu Dapper): status |
Confirmed |
Won't Fix |
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| 2010-03-12 10:26:32 |
ubeagle |
removed subscriber ubeagle |
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| 2010-04-01 08:17:29 |
Dang Kang |
removed subscriber Dang Kang |
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| 2010-09-15 19:45:00 |
Bug Watch Updater |
gnome-screensaver: status |
New |
Unknown |
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| 2010-09-15 19:45:00 |
Bug Watch Updater |
gnome-screensaver: importance |
Unknown |
Medium |
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| 2011-02-26 11:50:31 |
Bug Watch Updater |
gnome-screensaver: status |
Unknown |
Invalid |
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