Hi, I have been observing for weeks that the screensaver + sleep display feature in XFCE was not triggering. And I just noticed that after I closed all firefox windows, it triggers again. My hypothesis is that firefox, which has several opened tabs with youtube windows, is blocking the screensaver. Notice that they are videos not running currently: they are all finished or paused in mid play for continuing at another time. Yet they seem to inhibit the screensaver. (system is as per signature) -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from Telcontar, using openSUSE Leap 15.5)
Am 07.09.24 um 16:19 schrieb Carlos E. R.:
Hi,
I have been observing for weeks that the screensaver + sleep display feature in XFCE was not triggering. And I just noticed that after I closed all firefox windows, it triggers again.
My hypothesis is that firefox, which has several opened tabs with youtube windows, is blocking the screensaver. Notice that they are videos not running currently: they are all finished or paused in mid play for continuing at another time. Yet they seem to inhibit the screensaver.
Yes, same happens under KDE. A video player loaded in firefox (or seamonkey) inhibits the screen lock, screensaver etc., even if the video is not running or not in the open tab. -- Daniel Bauer photographer Basel Málaga Twitter: @Marsfotografo (often explicit nudes) https://www.patreon.com/danielbauer https://www.daniel-bauer.com (nudes)
On 2024-09-07 16:47, Daniel Bauer wrote:
Am 07.09.24 um 16:19 schrieb Carlos E. R.:
Hi,
I have been observing for weeks that the screensaver + sleep display feature in XFCE was not triggering. And I just noticed that after I closed all firefox windows, it triggers again.
My hypothesis is that firefox, which has several opened tabs with youtube windows, is blocking the screensaver. Notice that they are videos not running currently: they are all finished or paused in mid play for continuing at another time. Yet they seem to inhibit the screensaver.
Yes, same happens under KDE. A video player loaded in firefox (or seamonkey) inhibits the screen lock, screensaver etc., even if the video is not running or not in the open tab.
Today it has worked, but I left active a workspace that had no firefox on it. Now I am going to use another workspace where there are firefoxes windows, although none of the tabs with videos have got the focus yet (so they are unloaded). ... That one worked. Next is the same workspace, but this time I loaded one of the tabs with youtube and left it out of focus. ... Also worked. Now same tab has the focus. ... Also worked. I'm confused. Hibernate for the night. Next, will try after a youtube tab has been playing for a while. ... It is working. I don't know what exactly triggers it to not work. Maybe the last update? -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.5 x86_64 at Telcontar)
On 9/9/24 3:18 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
It is working. I don't know what exactly triggers it to not work. Maybe the last update?
Nothing like trying to hit a moving target to keep you on your toes..... I've still got mouse-wheel/focus mysteries with gtk4 apps that I've yet to be able to nail down. No question it is a gtk4 input problem that often requires a second click of the mouse to activate a button (gnome-sudoku is a good test bet) (yes - a nerd game... but a good one :) -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.
On 2024-09-07 09:19:01 Carlos E. R. wrote:
Hi,
I have been observing for weeks that the screensaver + sleep display feature in XFCE was not triggering. And I just noticed that after I closed all firefox windows, it triggers again.
My hypothesis is that firefox, which has several opened tabs with youtube windows, is blocking the screensaver. Notice that they are videos not running currently: they are all finished or paused in mid play for continuing at another time. Yet they seem to inhibit the screensaver.
(system is as per signature)
I suppose that the DE has access to information about the type of application running in a window/tab such that it knows that it involves multimedia, but that there is no information available about what the multimedia application in a window/tab is actually doing (not started, running, paused, stopped), so its mere presence triggers suppression of screensaver + sleep. I imagine that adding that additional status to each individual multimedia application would be difficult at best. Leslie -- Platform: Linux Distribution: openSUSE Leap 15.5 - x86_64
Hello, In the Message; Subject : [oS-EN] Screensaver problem Message-ID : <5650d719-bd21-4c2b-8a2c-0328b99ab67c@telefonica.net> Date & Time: Sat, 7 Sep 2024 16:19:01 +0200 [CER] == "Carlos E. R." <robin.listas@telefonica.net> has written: CER> Hi, CER> I have been observing for weeks that the screensaver + sleep CER> display feature in XFCE was not triggering. And I just noticed CER> that after I closed all firefox windows, it triggers again. CER> My hypothesis is that firefox, which has several opened tabs CER> with youtube windows, is blocking the screensaver. Notice that CER> they are videos not running currently: they are all finished or CER> paused in mid play for continuing at another time. Yet they seem CER> to inhibit the screensaver. Look at the autoplay settings in Firefox-esr audio and video must be set to allow, I think. If so, how about setting them to block? Best Regards. --- ┏━━┓彡 Masaru Nomiya mail-to: nomiya @ lake.dti.ne.jp ┃＼／彡 ┗━━┛ "Japan was the future but it's stuck in the past" -- Rupert Wingfield-Hayes (BBC) --
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