x11vnc keeps display blazing away and keeps laptop from sleeping
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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| x11vnc (Ubuntu) |
New
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Bug Description
On my lappy i'm running
x11vnc -forever -noxdamage -nowf -usepw
and on my desky i'm running vncviewer, which works pretty well, as the lappy keyboard and touchpad aren't quite as handy as a real keyboard and mouse.
Odd thing is tho, the lappy screen will usually still be on even when i've been away for hours. Not always tho. And if x11vnc isn't running it doesn't happen at all.
for awhile i thought it correlated to whether i happened to leave the desky mouse on top of the vncviewer window or not, but eventually found that doesn't correlate.
i also wondered whether my mouse might wiggle a little, but when it's not even near the vncviewer window that can't be it. And it wouldn't be the laptop touchpad, as it just doesn't happen if x11vnc isn't running. Also it happens whether the window manager on the laptop is twm, openbox, or kde plasma.
i judge this to be a bug, not a rfe, since, even with x11vnc, display timeout, and laptop suspend, do work at least occasionally, tho more often not.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: x11vnc 0.9.16-3
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-21-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu21
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Apr 3 17:52:53 2020
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-03-15 (19 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Alpha amd64 (20200314)
SourcePackage: x11vnc
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
| gregrwm (gregrwm) wrote | #1 |
| gregrwm (gregrwm) wrote | #2 |
| description: | updated |
| description: | updated |
| summary: |
- x11vnc keeps display blazing away forever + x11vnc keeps display blazing away and keeps laptop from sleeping |
| description: | updated |
as i use this setup daily i have plenty of opportunities and have taken note of more details. i have specifically looked for a correlation between whether the desky mouse had been left over the vncviewer window or not, and whether later i may find the lappy screen shut off or still on. i do not find any such correlation. which also absolves the desky mouse from any suspicion of keeping the lappy screen on with occasional wiggles. similarly, the lappy touchpad is also absolved, because when x11vnc isn't running, the lappy screen always shuts off. so can't blame the mice, either for wiggles, or for their positions.