[PATCH] xfree86: don't force the screensaver off on DPMS unblank, merely suggest it

Peter Hutterer peter.hutterer at who-t.net
Wed Jul 9 22:57:30 PDT 2014


Commit 41d4beb2616ceb3f1a1b8694733e85bae70de59a added symmetry to the
screensaver/DPMS invocations so that one (en|dis)ables the other. Having
dependencies between DPMS and the screensaver is subject to further arguments,
but in this particular case using SCREENSAVER_FORCER is detrimental.
SCREENSAVER_FORCER(ScreenSaverReset) resets the idle time for all
devices on DPMS unblank.

It prevents at least one use-case that GNOME tries to implement:
GNOME displays a notification before suspending. If the display is
currently blanked, GNOME lights it up to display the message. With the
original patch in place DPMS unblank also resets the device idle times, thus
restarting the timeout ad infinitum.

Switch this to a more suggestive SCREENSAVER_OFF(ScreenSaverReset). This keeps
the symmetry in blanking mode (DPMS and screensaver turn each other on/off as
expected) but does not reset the idle time on the devices.

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=731241

Signed-off-by: Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer at who-t.net>
---
 hw/xfree86/common/xf86DPMS.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/hw/xfree86/common/xf86DPMS.c b/hw/xfree86/common/xf86DPMS.c
index 14d1f45..2b5a3ed 100644
--- a/hw/xfree86/common/xf86DPMS.c
+++ b/hw/xfree86/common/xf86DPMS.c
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ DPMSSet(ClientPtr client, int level)
                 return rc;
         }
     } else if (!xf86IsUnblank(screenIsSaved)) {
-        rc = dixSaveScreens(client, SCREEN_SAVER_FORCER, ScreenSaverReset);
+        rc = dixSaveScreens(client, SCREEN_SAVER_OFF, ScreenSaverReset);
         if (rc != Success)
             return rc;
     }
-- 
1.9.3



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