Can MythTV disable the gnome screensaver?

cdhgee · 07-29-2005, 04:37 PM

I use Myth to watch TV on my PC running Fedora Core 4. Unfortunately every 20 minutes or so the gnome screensaver kicks in because there's been no activity.

I want to keep the gnome screensaver set with a time delay but I don't want it to kick in while I'm watching telly. A lot of Windows programs have an option to disable the screensaver while in fullscreen mode. Does Myth have something equivalent?

I'm running:

kernel 2.6.11-1.1369_FC4
Gnome 2.10.0
Myth 0.18.1-55

apos · 03-06-2012, 04:07 PM

Older thread, but came up in google on top!

Under Ubunut 11.10 I am starting the mythfrontend with the following skript.
It is called by the "Power"-Button of my remote control using irexec. But the important part is:

After starting mythfrontend:

Code:

dconf write /org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/power/idle-dim-battery false

When ending

Code:

dconf write /org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/power/idle-dim-battery true

There is also a "idle-dim-ac". It depends what system you are using! If not sure, you can disable them all.

This assumes dconf-tools installed!
Older ubuntu versions use gconf. XFCE has it's own tools and editors.

Code:

#!/bin/bash
PROGRAM="mythfrontend.real"

if ps x | grep -v grep | grep -v $$ | grep $0
then
        echo "$0 already running. Exiting"
        exit 1
else

##########################################
if ps x | grep -v grep | grep "${PROGRAM}"
then
    killall /usr/bin/mythfrontend.real
    sleep 1
    killall_ myth
    dconf write /org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/power/idle-dim-battery true
    exit 0
else
    mythfrontend &
    dconf write /org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/power/idle-dim-battery false
    #mythfrontend &
    exit 0
fi
##########################################
fi

The program also uses the following "killall_"-script for killing mythfrontend and service, which prevents to start over again:

Code:

#!/bin/bash
PROGRAM="${1}"

if [ ${PROGRAM} = "" ] 
then
	echo "Programname required."
	exit 1
fi

KILL="$(ps x | grep -v grep | grep -v killall | grep -v $(basename $0) | grep "${PROGRAM}" | sed 's/^\ //' | cut -d' ' -f1 | sed 's/ //g')"

if [ "${KILL}" != "" ]
then
	for killme in "${KILL}"
	do
		echo "Killing <9> process number $killme"
		kill -9 $killme
	done
else
	echo "Nothing to kill ..."
fi

Greets
Axel