Bug 4776 - Local screen saver when client is full screen causes problems
Summary: Local screen saver when client is full screen causes problems
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: ThinLinc
Classification: Unclassified
Component: VNC (show other bugs)
Version: trunk
Hardware: PC Unknown
: P2 Normal
Target Milestone: MediumPrio
Assignee: Pierre Ossman
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: 7812 (view as bug list)
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Blocks: 5266
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Reported: 2013-08-19 13:01 CEST by Pierre Ossman
Modified: 2022-04-11 08:46 CEST (History)
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Description Pierre Ossman cendio 2013-08-19 13:01:01 CEST 
Over the years we've had some issues with the screen saver activating when we are in full screen mode. This has caused weird focus problems and other issues.

Perhaps we should see if there is a way to inhibit the screen saver whilst we are in full screen mode (possibly only whilst also grabbing the keyboard).

Some things to look at are xdg-screensaver and XScreenSaverSuspend().
Comment 1 Pierre Ossman cendio 2021-02-04 13:02:53 CET 
Some bad behaviour are simply bugs in the screensavers. See upstream bug:

https://github.com/TigerVNC/tigervnc/issues/1150
Comment 2 Pierre Ossman cendio 2021-12-23 12:48:42 CET 
*** Bug 7812 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 4 Pierre Ossman cendio 2022-04-11 08:38:24 CEST 
If we want to inhibit the screensaver then we can look at how e.g. Chromium does it:

https://github.com/chromium/chromium/tree/main/services/device/wake_lock/power_save_blocker
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