Ubuntu
parole package

xdg-screensaver resume does not restore previous X11 screensaver timeout

Bug #1363540 reported by Sea Little on 2014-08-31

This bug affects 3 people

	Status	Importance	Assigned to
Xdg-utils	Unknown	Medium	freedesktop-bugs #88210
parole	Invalid	Medium	xfce-bugs #11372
parole (Ubuntu)	Invalid	Medium	Unassigned
xdg-utils (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	Medium	Unassigned

Bug Description

Description: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS
Release: 14.04

parole:
  Installed: 0.6.1-0ubuntu3.1
  Candidate: 0.6.1-0ubuntu3.1
  Version table:
*** 0.6.1-0ubuntu3.1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/universe amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     0.6.1-0ubuntu3 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe amd64 Packages

Parole sets screen saver timeout and cycle to 600 on exit. It does not matter what the vaules are before starting the program. Also, it does not matter whether the option to prevent the screen saver is on or off in parole preferences.

xset q before running parole media player:
Screen Saver:
prefer blanking: yes allow exposures: yes
timeout: 0 cycle: 0

xset q while runing parole:
Screen Saver:
prefer blanking: yes allow exposures: yes
timeout: 0 cycle: 0

xset q after exit:
Screen Saver:
prefer blanking: yes allow exposures: yes
timeout: 600 cycle: 600

Tags:

Related branches

lp:~thad-fisch-deactivatedaccount/ubuntu/vivid/xdg-utils/lp1363540

Merged into lp:ubuntu/vivid/xdg-utils

Didier Roche-Tolomelli: Approve on 2015-01-22

Simon Steinbeiß (community): Approve on 2015-01-19

lp:ubuntu/vivid/xdg-utils

lp:ubuntu/vivid-proposed/xdg-utils

lp:ubuntu/wily-proposed/xdg-utils

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2014-12-06:

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in parole (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

Elfy (elfy) on 2014-12-06

tags:

added: vivid

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Thaddaeus Tintenfisch (thad-fisch-deactivatedaccount) wrote on 2014-12-06:

Parole relies on xdg-screensaver to control the screensaver behavior. However, this external shell script only runs "xset s default" to re-enable the screensaver, so it does not restore the previous timeout value.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2014-12-06:

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in xdg-utils (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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Ubuntu QA Website (ubuntuqa) wrote on 2014-12-07:

This bug has been reported on the Ubuntu Package testing tracker.

A list of all reports related to this bug can be found here:
http://packages.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/reports/bugs/1363540

tags:

added: package-qa-testing

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In Xfce Bugzilla #11372, Simon Steinbeiß (ochosi) wrote on 2014-12-11:

  xset q before running parole media player:
  Screen Saver:
    prefer blanking: yes allow exposures: yes
    timeout: 0 cycle: 0

  xset q while runing parole:
  Screen Saver:
    prefer blanking: yes allow exposures: yes
    timeout: 0 cycle: 0

  xset q after exit:
  Screen Saver:
    prefer blanking: yes allow exposures: yes
    timeout: 600 cycle: 600

Downstream bugreport: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1363540

Alberto Salvia Novella (es20490446e) on 2014-12-15

Changed in parole (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → Medium
Changed in xdg-utils (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → Medium

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In Xfce Bugzilla #11372, Simon Steinbeiß (ochosi) wrote on 2014-12-15:

Actually this is a bug in xdg-screensaver (or simply put: the functionality of restoring the previous setting of screenblanking isn't implemented there) and not a bug in Parole.

Obviously this should be tackled in xdg-screensaver (if at all, since I haven't heard anybody complaining about this issue before ever).

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater) on 2014-12-16

Changed in parole:
importance:	Unknown → Medium
status:	Unknown → Invalid

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In freedesktop.org Bugzilla #88210, Thaddaeus Tintenfisch (thad-fisch-deactivatedaccount) wrote on 2015-01-08:

The current implementation runs "xset s default" as resume action for X11's screensaver. This sets the timeout to 600 while ignoring the previous value which will be lost.

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In freedesktop.org Bugzilla #88210, Thaddaeus Tintenfisch (thad-fisch-deactivatedaccount) wrote on 2015-01-08:

Created attachment 111967
Patch to improve X11 screensaver timeout handling

Changed in parole (Ubuntu):
status:	Confirmed → Invalid
summary:	- Parole resets screen timeout to 600 on exit + xdg-screensaver resume does not restore previous X11 screensaver timeout

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater) on 2015-01-09

Changed in xdg-utils:
importance:	Unknown → Medium
status:	Unknown → Confirmed

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Thaddaeus Tintenfisch (thad-fisch-deactivatedaccount) wrote on 2015-01-09:

Patched xdg-screensaver Edit (30.7 KiB, text/plain)

I have applied my patch to the current upstream version of xdg-screensaver. If you want to test it, please download the attached file and move it to /usr/local/bin .

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Thaddaeus Tintenfisch (thad-fisch-deactivatedaccount) wrote on 2015-01-09:

#10

I did forget to mention that you need to make the file executable.

sudo chown +x /usr/local/bin/xdg-screensaver

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Ubuntu QA Website (ubuntuqa) wrote on 2015-01-13:

#11

This bug has been reported on the Ubuntu ISO testing tracker.

A list of all reports related to this bug can be found here:
http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/reports/bugs/1363540

tags:

added: iso-testing

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Simon Steinbeiß (ochosi) wrote on 2015-01-22:

#12

This bug has been fixed in the package 1.1.0~rc1-2ubuntu9 in Ubuntu Vivid.

Changed in xdg-utils (Ubuntu):
status:	Confirmed → Fix Released

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In Xfce Bugzilla #11372, Simon Steinbeiß (ochosi) wrote on 2018-09-21:

#13

*** Bug 12610 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

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In freedesktop.org Bugzilla #88210, Gitlab-migration (gitlab-migration) wrote on 2019-02-16:

#14

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This bug has been migrated to freedesktop.org's GitLab instance and has been closed from further activity.

You can subscribe and participate further through the new bug through this link to our GitLab instance: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xdg/xdg-utils/issues/77.