On 26 December 2013 21:23, Jamie Zawinski <j...@jwz.org> wrote: > On Dec 26, 2013, at 11:41 AM, Michal Suchanek <hramr...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> How I am supposed to disable the screensaver when the -deactivate >> command is ineffective? > > If what you are trying to say is, "xscreensaver-command -deactivate doesn't > work", you're wrong, and this is easy to demonstrate by just running it in a > loop every couple minutes. Something else is going wrong with your script > that is not the fault of xscreensaver. >
It may very well be issue with the xscreensaver packaging in debian. It says that X11 screensaver extension is present but not compiled into xscreensaver. Extending the script to call not only xscreensaver but also the X11 Xss extension fixes the problem. I am not sure xscreensaver would try to use Xss in this case but since it is not complied in it's out of question anyway. Either way, xscreensaver-command -deactivate does not prevent screen from blanking so it does not perform as advertised and is undeniably broken even if you are saying it is not. Thanks Michal -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
