Bug 5020

Summary:	KDE screensaver really slow to deactivate
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	Juan Luis Baptiste <juan.baptiste>
Component:	RPM Packages	Assignee:	Mageia Bug Squad <bugsquad>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	release_blocker	CC:	balcaen.john, ennael1, fri, jaanus.ojangu, lmenut, mageia, philippel, simplew8
Version:	Cauldron	Keywords:	NO_PATCH, UPSTREAM
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	x86_64
OS:	Linux
See Also:	https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=283284
Whiteboard:
Source RPM:	kdeartwork4-4.8.1-1.mga2.src.rpm	CVE:
Status comment:

Description Juan Luis Baptiste 2012-03-19 07:51:55 CET

Description of problem:

After the screensaver on KDE kicks in, sometimes it takes a long time to deactivate after you move the mouse or do any activity ( 8 - 10 seconds). This is with the default slideshow screensaver, I haven't tested with other for very long.  It doesn't always happens, but it seems to happen more often when the screensaver has been on for a long time (10 minutes or more).

I have seen this since a long time, I had forgot to open this report.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Some times.


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Leave you computer alone until the screensaver kicks in.
2. Wait at least 10 minutes before trying to deactivate the screensaver.
3. Move your mouse and see if the screensaver goes away immediately or it takes around 10 seconds.

Comment 1 Manuel Hiebel 2012-03-19 17:04:07 CET

*** Bug 5026 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

CC: (none) => jaanus.ojangu

Comment 2 Manuel Hiebel 2012-03-19 17:14:32 CET

seems this upstream bug: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=182104

Keywords: (none) => NO_PATCH, UPSTREAM
CC: (none) => balcaen.john, lmenut

Comment 3 Juan Luis Baptiste 2012-03-19 17:47:00 CET

Yes it is, and as comment #11 suggests, adding:

EffectsEnabled=false

to kde4/share/config/kslideshow.kssrc workarounds the issue. Th problem is that that file doesn't exist by default, you have to go to KDE System Settings-> Display and Monitor->Screensaver and do a configuration change on the slideshow configuration so that file gets created. Then you can go ahead and add that option to that file.

Comment 4 Ojangu 2012-03-20 12:44:08 CET

Is it possible remove this transiton effect from release?

Comment 5 Juan Luis Baptiste 2012-03-20 14:43:31 CET

(In reply to comment #4)
> Is it possible remove this transiton effect from release?

Yes, as described in #3, if all agree I can go ahead and do it (as mikala is MIA for now).

Comment 6 Morgan Leijström 2012-04-20 21:57:38 CEST

I vote for it.
( Have a file from start with EffectsEnabled=false )

This is a problem on most computers i manage, and i have until now just disabled screensaver altogether.

( I was about to start a thread about selecting a better default screensaver, but searched, found this - and this alternative is better. :) )

CC: (none) => fri

Comment 7 Philippe Leblanc 2012-05-02 18:10:52 CEST

I don't know if this bug has been patched or not, but it's still present for me. If the hack hasn't been implemented, I vote in favor :-)

CC: (none) => philippe.l

Comment 8 Ojangu 2012-05-02 19:33:04 CEST

Same here

Comment 9 John Balcaen 2012-05-02 19:58:34 CEST

(In reply to comment #5)
> (In reply to comment #4)
> > Is it possible remove this transiton effect from release?
> 
> Yes, as described in #3, if all agree I can go ahead and do it (as mikala is
> MIA for now).
No objection here :)
Could you also drop a note in the release note (just in case)

Comment 10 Morgan Leijström 2012-05-02 22:24:25 CEST

Please patch

Comment 11 John Balcaen 2012-05-02 22:39:42 CEST

it is not a patch, just a configuration file to drop in mageia-kde4-config.

Comment 12 Sander Lepik 2012-05-03 09:37:31 CEST

If we can't resolve the problem we have to switch to another screensaver. This will be really annoying for the users. And we don't want that.

Priority: Normal => release_blocker
CC: (none) => sander.lepik

Comment 13 John Balcaen 2012-05-03 10:00:05 CEST

(In reply to comment #12)
> If we can't resolve the problem we have to switch to another screensaver. This
> will be really annoying for the users. And we don't want that.
As said in comment #11, it's just about adding an option in the existing kslideshow.kssrc already available in mageia-kde4-config.
Also it seems  from a Â« nice effect transition Â» better to simply disable the UseCrossFade option instead of disabling all effects.

See Also: (none) => https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=283284

Comment 14 John Balcaen 2012-05-03 10:52:37 CEST

Oki so change is committed on svn/soft & a push of mageia-kde4-config has been requested.
I'll try for the next update of kde to reverse a commit in kdeartwork so this option can be shown.

Comment 15 John Balcaen 2012-05-04 20:52:03 CEST

*** Bug 5702 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

CC: (none) => simplew8

Comment 16 Anne Nicolas 2012-05-05 19:03:21 CEST

Can we close this one ?

CC: (none) => ennael1

Comment 17 John Balcaen 2012-05-05 19:28:14 CEST

Yes we can.

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => FIXED

Comment 18 Simple 2012-05-14 02:59:39 CEST

This problem continues existing, but its not exactly the same as before.

I have experienced when the computer is already in suspension that coming back the slideshow image stays like freezed for some time before disappearing.

Can anyone reproduce this?

Comment 19 John Balcaen 2012-05-14 04:53:38 CEST

If it's not the Â« same as before Â» then it's a different bug so it need a new bug report