** Description changed: On my lappy i'm running - x11vnc -forever -noxdamage -nowf -usepw -auth guess + 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. i think the correlation is - whether i happened to leave the desky mouse on top of the vncviewer - window or not. + i've been away for hours. Not always tho. - Seems to me it would be good to timeout the lappy screen when - everything's been idle awhile, regardless of where i happened to leave - the mouse. + for awhile i thought the correlation was whether i happened to leave the + desky mouse on top of the vncviewer window or not, but eventually found + that doesn't correlate. - dunno but i wonder whether my mouse happens to be one of those mice that - wiggles a little every couple minutes even when not touched. if so - maybe X is smart about that and maybe x11vnc isn't. But X is running on - both ends, so i dunno. + 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, 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 not a rfe but a bug, since timeout and powerdown are - already working some of the time, tho usually, not. + i judge this to be a bug, not a rfe, since, even with x11vnc, display + timeout and powerdown do work at least occasionally, tho more often not. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: x11vnc 0.9.16-3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-21.25-generic 5.4.27 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)
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