Breaks screensaver inhibition

Posted Nov 1, 2024 13:14 UTC (Fri) by sammythesnake (guest, #17693)
In reply to: Breaks screensaver inhibition by wx
Parent article: Updating Firefox is highly recommended

Isn't that something for the window manager to handle? On my desktop (using sway) I've just got it configured to inhibit the screensaver whenever the focused window is full-screen...

I presume there's some kind of mechanism that FF uses to tell the WM it would like to inhibit the screensaver, but at the least it's the WM's job to gate that request and ensure it doesn't override the user's intentions for their device...

Breaks screensaver inhibition

Posted Nov 1, 2024 16:43 UTC (Fri) by mathstuf (subscriber, #69389) [Link]

There's a DPMS protocol that should work. Firefox is supposedly using it, but it doesn't work for me (I use `xlock`). `mpv` blocks screen locking when it is playing, so there's *something* that works at least.