On Fri, 2020-05-15 at 08:25 -0700, stan via users wrote:
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.
I had a look at
https://bugzilla.redhat.com but didn't find a VLC
component there. Mine vlc rpm package comes from RPM Fusion. Is there
some other way to get it?
Tested the Alt-F4 method, but I found that it also could leave a vlc
process running in the background.