Ubuntu
amarok package

When playing music, amarok doesn't prevent the computer to enter sleep (suspend mode)

Bug #118138 reported by Loïc Martin
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amarok (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: amarok

This problem occurs on Ubuntu, under a Gnome desktop
I'm using Feisty, and amarok 1.4.5

Steps to reproduce the bug :
- configure the computer to enter sleep (suspend mode) after a few minutes of inactivity (so you don't wait too long) - the minimum should be 2 min;
- start amarok, and play your playlist;
- don't touch keyboard/screen for the time required to enter suspend mode.

The computer enters sleep (suspend mode) even though you're still using your computer to listen to music.

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Loïc Martin (loic-martin3) wrote :

One should note that it's not a whishlist. For example, other media players prevent the computer to enter sleep when playing (if you've ever played a movie in Ubuntu, you'll notice you don't have to move the mouse every now and then to prevent the computer to go to sleep :) )

Changed in amarok:
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
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Jackflap (deriziotis) wrote :

I've found that a couple of other media players also perform the same behaviour. It happens with VLC, Songbird and Totem Movie Player (which is Ubuntu's default movie player, but not Rhythmbox).

Bugs will have to be reported for each media player, however, it seems unintuitive that Gnome's sleep mechanism doesn't check to see if any audio is currently playing before hibernating. I realize that when an app is running it needs to inform gnome that it shouldn't suspend and let gnome know when it can, however, it seems more intuitive to inform gnome on occasions that it should suspend while audio is playing and leave the default as not to suspend when audio is being played.

Suggestions?

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Harald Sitter (apachelogger) wrote :

Since there is no desktop independent way to declare suspend as no go, this would have to be implemented for every desktop, maybe even every power management application.
Therefore this issue is a Won't Fix currently.
Please suggest some generic way for this kind of stuff to Freedesktop.org so they can come up with a desktop independent solution.

Changed in amarok:
status: Confirmed → Won't Fix
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molecule-eye (niburu1) wrote :

Wow. This is PATHETIC.

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