Bug 267549

Summary:	krfb 4.6.0 does not deactivate screensaver
Product:	[Applications] krfb	Reporter:	rec9140
Component:	general	Assignee:	George Goldberg <grundleborg>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal	CC:	aditsu, mail, spam
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Ubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description rec9140 2011-03-03 13:59:47 UTC

Version:           unspecified (using KDE 4.6.0) 
OS:                Linux

krfb is not disabling the screen saver when a client connects. Any inactivity will cause the screen saver to re-activate thus constant movement of the mouse or keyboard input is required to use the connect.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
Setup krfb, with a screen saver activated.

Actual Results:  
Login to the remote connection and screen is displayed, then is immediately returned to the screen saver, in my case a blank screen. Any movement of mouse or keyboard input will restore the screen until input or mouse movement ceases, then the screen will blank again.

Only way to correct is disable the screen saver.

Expected Results:  
Login to remote connection via KRDC or other VNC client disables the screen saver

Linux Mint KDE Edition Julia 

KDE 4.6.0
krbf 4.6.0
krdc 4.6.0

Comment 1 aditsu 2011-05-26 10:36:43 UTC

I found a workaround: kill the krunner process on the host. The side effect is that it kills global shortcuts. You can start krunner again from the K menu.

Comment 2 George Kiagiadakis 2011-05-26 11:00:47 UTC

I don't really understand what's the issue here. This is what the screensaver does, it starts when you are not using any input device. Why should that be disabled during a vnc session?

Comment 3 aditsu 2011-05-26 11:07:09 UTC

The issue is that it's supposed to start a certain time (e.g. 10 minutes) after you stop using any input device, not 0 to 1 seconds.

Comment 4 aditsu 2011-05-26 12:52:11 UTC

And besides that, it would be desirable to disable the screensaver completely while a vnc connection is active, otherwise with certain animated screensavers it would eat up TONS of bandwidth for nothing.

Comment 5 jack 2012-03-10 02:11:31 UTC

same issue with 4.8.1. Screensaver keeps appearing every second after unlocking it.

Comment 6 George Goldberg 2013-03-29 19:00:26 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 147091 ***