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soder · 2009-01-31, 23:48

I use "black" as screen saver, and when a movie is paused its dimmed pretty much.

Every 5 min or so, the screen flash. Like if the screensaver goes of and then on again.

Someone with the same problem....?

I hoped it doesnt have to do with the droppes I get ever now and then in the movies...?

g780 and a 4850 is what I got,....

/Söder

althekiller · 2009-02-01, 00:31

It's gnome/k/x screensaver trying to activate. The dbus-send command we try to send in the launcher script is completely unreliable. If you manually inhibit the screensaver (gnome even has a toolbar plugin for this) the flash should go away.

soder · 2009-02-01, 09:39

althekiller Wrote:It's gnome/k/x screensaver trying to activate. The dbus-send command we try to send in the launcher script is completely unreliable. If you manually inhibit the screensaver (gnome even has a toolbar plugin for this) the flash should go away.

Ok, any way you can describe how to do it? It is the same as inactivate the screen saver in Ubuntu?

/Söder

topfs2 · 2009-02-01, 11:10

soder Wrote:Ok, any way you can describe how to do it? It is the same as inactivate the screen saver in Ubuntu?

/Söder

Yup, somewere in screen settings IIRC

soder · 2009-02-01, 11:22

Topfs2 Wrote:Yup, somewere in screen settings IIRC

Like "screensaver" and unmark "activate screensaver when idle"?
And never put the screen to sleep?

/Söder

soder · 2009-02-01, 18:15

It worked I think. Thanks.
/Söder

**BLKMGK** · 2009-02-01, 19:43

Wow, thanks! This has been bugging me FOREVER but I never mentioned it as it seemed a minor annoyance in the grand scheme. Will try this fix ASAP - appreciate it!

shadiumax3 · 2009-02-04, 05:10

Superb - I thought this was either my GFX card or Screen on their way out on one of my machines - had been worrying me for ages!

Stumbled accross this thread and voila! Problem solved

Thanks!