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by stasis
Sat Jun 09, 2012 3:59 pm
Forum: Snes9x Tech Support and Bug Tracking
Topic: Xscreensaver not being prevented
Replies: 9
Views: 27584

Re: Xscreensaver not being prevented

Thanks! I am using the PPA and am happy to wait for your update. If you could follow up to this thread when it's in I would appreciate it as I am currently using a shell script work-around but would prefer to use the feature built into Snes9x. Just a thought: Could the command to reset the Xscreensa...
by stasis
Fri Jun 08, 2012 1:08 pm
Forum: Snes9x Tech Support and Bug Tracking
Topic: Xscreensaver not being prevented
Replies: 9
Views: 27584

Re: Xscreensaver not being prevented

is your screensaver passworded. No, and I'm fairly certain that is irrelevant. :? The Xscreensaver FAQ is fairly clear about the fact that Xscreensaver only monitors keystrokes and mouse movements. Programs like Snes9x that might be operated for long periods of time solely through other input (such...
by stasis
Fri Jun 08, 2012 3:32 am
Forum: Snes9x Tech Support and Bug Tracking
Topic: Xscreensaver not being prevented
Replies: 9
Views: 27584

Re: Xscreensaver not being prevented

Xscreensaver does not listen to any gamepad input, which is of course what I am using.

When it was working, I assume that Snes9x did something along these lines.
by stasis
Thu Jun 07, 2012 3:08 pm
Forum: Snes9x Tech Support and Bug Tracking
Topic: Xscreensaver not being prevented
Replies: 9
Views: 27584

Re: Xscreensaver not being prevented

This feature used to work when I was running Xubuntu 10.10 and a prior version of Snes9x (back when it was still in the Ubuntu repository). Are we sure it doesn't have anything to do with GNOME switching away from Xscreensaver and Snes9x expecting gnome-screensaver (I think that's what it's called) ...
by stasis
Thu Jun 07, 2012 1:33 am
Forum: Snes9x Tech Support and Bug Tracking
Topic: Xscreensaver not being prevented
Replies: 9
Views: 27584

Xscreensaver not being prevented

I am using Xubuntu 12.04 with Snes9x 1.53 GTK+ v82. I have "Prevent the screensaver from activating" checked, however it does not work.