Comment 5 for bug 474175

I've just tried to reduce screensaver activation time to 1 minute, and launched several tests:
It does not affect mplayer (v4.4.1, no GUI, vo=xv, waited for 3 minutes and no screensaver activation)
Screensaver activates with VLC (1.0.2 goldeneye) after just one minute.
the same goes with Xine (v0.99.6cvs) and - believe it or not - gmplayer (v4.4.1) ! ...

mplayer seems to be a good start to track down this bug, does'nt it ?
Next step : check config files.
I've tried changing stopxscreensaver from "yes" to "no" in ~/.mplyer/gui.conf : no effect.
I've tried removing ~/.mplayer/gui.conf file (and let gmplayer create a brand new one) and it fixed the problem : no more screen saver !

Tracking down differences, I reverted options to the ones I had in my "not working" conf file.
restoring vo driver to sdl:hwaccel : no effect
restoring vo_direct_render to "yes" : my hue goes wrong, but no screensaver bug.
restoring vf_pp to "yes" : nothing.
restoring old config file completely : nothing. In fact screensaver is completely disabled and does not start even without mplayer running : I have to redo my tests !!!
I won't be longer, but I've been running some tests and encountered more screensaver de-activations and could not determine the faulty option in config file...
The good thing is that gmplayer with its default config file behaves correctly on my system. freddy3980, it would be nice to check if reseting your gui.conf does the trick, too.