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Bug 1670 - gnome-screensaver hack causes problems when gnome-screensaver is not installed
Summary: gnome-screensaver hack causes problems when gnome-screensaver is not installed
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: SDL
Classification: Unclassified
Component: video (show other bugs)
Version: HG 2.0
Hardware: x86_64 Linux
: P2 normal
Assignee: Sam Lantinga
QA Contact: Sam Lantinga
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Reported: 2012-12-20 16:59 UTC by David Gow
Modified: 2012-12-29 20:48 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Fail gracefully in gnome-screensaver hack (1.32 KB, patch)
2012-12-20 16:59 UTC, David Gow 		Details | Diff
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Description David Gow 2012-12-20 16:59:10 UTC 
Created attachment 1000 [details]
Fail gracefully in gnome-screensaver hack

The gnome-screensaver hack tries to run /usr/bin/gnome-screensaver-command even if it doesn't exist.

This crashes (at least) Dungeon Defenders when gnome is not installed. See https://bugzilla.icculus.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5820. Thanks to 'signals' on the Phoronix forums for finding it.

I've written a quick patch that makes gnome_screensaver_disable (and enable) fail more gracefully. It's enough to get Dungeon Defenders to work.

-- David
Comment 1 David Gow 2012-12-29 20:48:32 UTC 
Ryan has fixed this in hg by using dbus to prod gnome-screensaver.

See: http://hg.libsdl.org/SDL/rev/ad8522052ce6