[Pkg-chromium-maint] Bug#704258: closed by Michael Gilbert <mgilbert at debian.org> (Re: Bug#704258: Acknowledgement (chromium: Full Screen Mode doesn't inhibit screensaver etc. from darkening screen))

[Stephen Allen]

On Sun, Feb 16, 2014 at 07:57:17PM +0000, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote:
> This is an automatic notification regarding your Bug report
> which was filed against the chromium package:
> 
> #704258: chromium: Full Screen Mode doesn't inhibit screensaver etc. from darkening screen
> 
> It has been closed by Michael Gilbert <mgilbert at debian.org>.
> 
> Their explanation is attached below along with your original report.
> If this explanation is unsatisfactory and you have not received a
> better one in a separate message then please contact Michael Gilbert <mgilbert at debian.org> by
> replying to this email.
> 
> 
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> Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2014 14:52:18 -0500
> From: Michael Gilbert <mgilbert at debian.org>
> Subject: Re: [Pkg-chromium-maint] Bug#704258: Acknowledgement (chromium:
>  Full Screen Mode doesn't inhibit screensaver etc. from darkening screen)
> To: 704258-close at bugs.debian.org
> 
> After thinking about this more, this is the correct behavior.  If the
> user doesn't want the screensaver activating, they should temporarily
> disable it.
> 
> Best wishes,
> Mike

FYI There isn't any screensaver in default Gnome-Shell - when viewing anything 
full screen the app doing the full screen layout should be able to tell the 
windowing system, desktop environment, power managment to disable screen 
timeout.



> Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2013 08:50:36 -0400
> From: Stephen <marathon.durandal at gmail.com>
> Subject: chromium: Full Screen Mode doesn't inhibit screensaver etc. from
>  darkening screen
> To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit at bugs.debian.org>
> 
> Package: chromium
> Version: 25.0.1364.160-1
> Severity: important
> Tags: upstream
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> 
>    * What led up to the situation?
> 
> Full Screen Mode, watching YouTube.
> 
>    * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
>      ineffective)?
> 
> Have to remember to jiggle the mouse etc., every few minutes to prevent screen
> from going dark.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: 7.0
>   APT prefers unstable
>   APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
> Architecture: i386 (i686)
> 
> Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-4-486
> Locale: LANG=en_CA.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_CA.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
> 
> Versions of packages chromium depends on:
> ii  chromium-inspector  25.0.1364.160-1
> ii  gconf-service       3.2.5-1+build1
> ii  libasound2          1.0.25-4
> ii  libatk1.0-0         2.4.0-2
> ii  libbz2-1.0          1.0.6-4
> ii  libc6               2.13-38
> ii  libcairo2           1.12.2-3
> ii  libcups2            1.5.3-5
> ii  libdbus-1-3         1.6.8-1
> ii  libevent-2.0-5      2.0.19-stable-3
> ii  libexpat1           2.1.0-1
> ii  libflac8            1.2.1-6
> ii  libfontconfig1      2.9.0-7.1
> ii  libfreetype6        2.4.9-1.1
> ii  libgcc1             1:4.7.2-5
> ii  libgconf-2-4        3.2.5-1+build1
> ii  libgcrypt11         1.5.0-5
> ii  libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0  2.26.1-1
> ii  libglib2.0-0        2.33.12+really2.32.4-5
> ii  libgnome-keyring0   3.4.1-1
> ii  libgtk2.0-0         2.24.10-2
> ii  libjpeg8            8d-1
> ii  libnspr4            2:4.9.5-1
> ii  libnss3             2:3.14.3-1
> ii  libnss3-1d          2:3.14.3-1
> ii  libpango1.0-0       1.30.0-1
> ii  libpulse0           2.0-6
> ii  libspeex1           1.2~rc1-7
> ii  libstdc++6          4.7.2-5
> ii  libudev0            175-7.1
> ii  libvpx1             1.1.0-1
> ii  libx11-6            2:1.5.0-1
> ii  libxcomposite1      1:0.4.3-2
> ii  libxext6            2:1.3.1-2
> ii  libxfixes3          1:5.0-4
> ii  libxml2             2.8.0+dfsg1-7+nmu1
> ii  libxrandr2          2:1.3.2-2
> ii  libxrender1         1:0.9.7-1
> ii  libxslt1.1          1.1.26-14.1
> ii  libxss1             1:1.2.2-1
> ii  xdg-utils           1.1.0~rc1+git20111210-7
> 
> chromium recommends no packages.
> 
> Versions of packages chromium suggests:
> ii  chromium-l10n  25.0.1364.160-1
> 
> -- no debconf information