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Scott M. Sanders
December 2nd, 2009, 01:14 PM
I see there's a bug with X and videos apps no longer blocking screensavers from firing while videos play. Someone fix that please. (And please quit arguing over who's at fault.)

To workaround, I open my screensaver prefs, uncheck "activate screensaver," leave it minimized during video play, and turn it back on when I'm done. I usually do this for DVDs about two hours long.

But after this, my screensaver no longer locks my screen, that is until I log out of my user session and back in.