Re: [kaffeine-devel] Kaffeine x display power management

[Christoph P. <chr...@gm...>]

2010/9/7 Dâniel Fraga <fr...@gm...>:
> On Tue, 7 Sep 2010 21:21:30 +0200
> Christoph Pfister <chr...@gm...> wrote:
>
>> No problem ...
>
>        Christoph, it seems I replied too fast. I was testing here and
> the real problem was with KDE power management. It hasn't anything to
> do with display power management.
>
>        If you go to power management, you will find profiles. I use
> the Performance profile, since I use a desktop connected to AC power.
>
>        The problem was with the following setting:
>
> "When the system is idle for more than n minutes" -> lock screen

This is now fixed in current svn (1173004); can you please check
whether it works for you as well?

>        I disabled it and everything is fine now. So ignore the
> previous messages...
>
>        ***
>
>        I think KDE should be smarter. If Kaffeine is playing
> something, then KDE should not assume the system is idle...
>
>        Anyway, no problem.

The problem is that there exists no general interface for suspending
screensavers on linux, each one provides its own way and has some
caveats.

>        And just a minor issue: when I was watching, some notifications
> pop up and that's disturbing. Is there a way to prevent notifications
> from appearing while Kaffeine is in full screen mode? Thank you again!

Kaffeine doesn't interact with [whatever component is responsible for
notifications], but maybe there's a way to inhibit that too? Otoh,
notifications could be automatically disabled if an app is
full-screen. I don't know ...

> --

Christoph