On Fri, 15 May 2020 14:02:17 +0200
Robin Lee <robinlee(a)mailbox.org> wrote:
The thing is that sometimes when I close vlc after I've watched
some
video it doesn't terminate cleanly. That is there is still a vlc
process running in the background and it prevents the screen saver
from blanking the screen. So sometimes when I wake up or come home
after being out I notice that the screen has been on all the time.
Not so good. I have to go to system monitor and find the vlc process
and kill it, then the screen saver can again do its thing.
Can anything be done about it, except always checking manually that
vlc has terminated completely?
You definitely need to open a bugzilla against vlc. If it doesn't
terminate when asked to, that is a bug. Now, whether it is vlc at
fault, or the system, is hard to say. But a bugzilla will at least get
things rolling.
What happens if instead of using vlc to quit, you hit Alt-F4 when it is
in focus to close it? That sends a terminate signal, and its internal
logic then cleans up and closes. The difference is that this is
external rather than internal.