[SDL] Full screen mode disabling screensaver?

Torsten Giebl wizard at syntheticsw.com
Wed Mar 14 01:53:18 PDT 2007


Hello !


> Sounds like SDL is disabling screensaver while in fullscreen mode.
> Is that by design?  Any way around that?  Any reason to avoid turning on
> the screensaver?

+++

	/* Save DPMS and screensaver settings */
	X11_SaveScreenSaver(SDL_Display, &screensaver_timeout, &dpms_enabled);
	X11_DisableScreenSaver(SDL_Display);

+++

Yes it is disabled by SDL. Maybe to get sure not loosing context
or so.

> (Maybe I should add a simple screensaver to Tux Paint itself after
> an extended amount of inactivity...?)

You could make some adverts there for Tux4Kids :-)


CU


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