tag 546838 upstream fixed-upstream kthxbye On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 22:32:45 -0500, david@fries.net wrote: > The command `xset s reset` will reset the X server screensaver to > reset the timer for the screensaver and dpms. If the display is > already on, it should do nothing as far as the hardware goes. In the > SISVGABlankScreen routine it requires as reset to update the register, > but that will disrupt the VGA signal and cause the monitor to resync > leaving the screen blank for a couple seconds. I have a program that > wants to keep the screensaver from coming on, but allow normal > operation when it isn't running. > > I included a patch to only reset and write the register if the value > changed. > Thanks for the patch, I've applied it upstream: http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-video-sis/commit/?id=47233238a659318cae6b7d0f71ee44b689e249c3 The fix should make its way into the debian package soon. Cheers, Julien
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