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List:       kde-commits
Subject:    Re: kdebase/kdesktop/lock
From:       Antonio Larrosa =?utf-8?q?Jim=C3=A9nez?= <larrosa () kde ! org>
Date:       2003-05-01 0:01:33
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El Jueves, 1 de Mayo de 2003 01:13, Chris Howells escribió:

Hello,

> On Thursday 01 May 2003 00:03, Antonio Larrosa Jiménez wrote:
> > Looks nice. Btw, how does this relate to the "DPMS-dependent" config
> > option in SaverEngine (lockeng.cc)  ?
>
> That option prevents the screensaver from starting if an app like a
> media player has disabled DPMS so that the screen doesn't go blank half
> way through the film.

Aah, I see.
I wasn't sure of the meaning of "DPMS-dependent".

>
> > Could the timer (the checks) be completely disabled when the user
> > doesn't use DPMS ? (because he completely turned DPMS off in kcontrol)
>
> Yes, that would probably be a good idea. IIRC KDE takes over handling
> DPMS from X, but I'll have to check that tomorrow to be sure *yawn*.
>

:) Thanks for having a look.
Btw, note that you'd have to keep track of changes in kcontrol so that the 
timer is started/stopped when the user changes his settings. I'm not sure 
of how can you do that.

> > Also, what happens if someone is using one of those screensavers that
> > do calculations while you're not using the computer? (like SETI,
> > protein-foldings, etc.) Would it be stopped when DPMS turn off the
> > monitor? (Not that I care about that, I suppose it's better to make
> > those real background processes instead of screensavers, but I thought
> > I should point it just in case).
>
> Hrm, interesting point. They would be a problem yes if they integrated
> with the KDE screensaver system, which I guess they don't. IIRC SETI
> just used to be a daemon that run in the background.
>

Ah, that's good. I've never used SETI, so I wanted to tell about it just in 
case.

Greetings,

--
Antonio Larrosa Jimenez
KDE developer - larrosa@kde.org
http://developer.kde.org/~larrosa/
Why waste time learning when ignorance is instantaneous ?   -- Hobbes

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