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mplayer package

  1. Bug #439787
  2. Comment #2

Comment 2 for bug 439787

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Reinhard Tartler (siretart) wrote : Re: [Bug 439787] [NEW] mplayer-nogui does not disable screensaver while playing

Daniel LaGesse <email address hidden> writes:

> Public bug reported:
>
> Binary package hint: mplayer-nogui
>
> Not sure if this exists in the gui version as well. When you start
> playing something with mplayer, it no longer disables the screensaver.
>
> In previous versions, it printed a little message like "Disabling
> screensaver" before playing. Now, it doesn't, and fades to screensaver
> while playing.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> Architecture: amd64
> Date: Wed Sep 30 22:59:38 2009
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
> NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
> Package: mplayer-nogui 2:1.0~rc3+svn20090426-1ubuntu7
> ProcEnviron:
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-10.34-generic
> SourcePackage: mplayer
> Uname: Linux 2.6.31-10-generic x86_64
>
> ** Affects: mplayer (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Undecided
> Status: New

Is this in fullscreen mode or in window mode? If in window mode, you
need to keep the cursor inside of the window.

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Reinhard Tartler, KeyID 945348A4