XScreenSaver 6.11 is out now. This is a Unix-only release – this version contains preliminary support for Wayland.
This is maybe not entirely ready for prime time, but I figured I’d get it out there so that some people who actually understand Wayland can poke at it.
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This version only supports blanking, not locking.
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It requires compositor support for either the “org_kde_kwin_idle” or “ext_idle_notifier_v1” protocols. That means “everything but GNOME”, I think.
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Fading in and out, and grabbing screen images, require the program “grim” to be installed, and work. And it does not work under GNOME or KDE. Things I could use your help with:
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Tell me if you have a Wayland system on which it does not work, besides GNOME.
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I have n…
XScreenSaver 6.11 is out now. This is a Unix-only release – this version contains preliminary support for Wayland.
This is maybe not entirely ready for prime time, but I figured I’d get it out there so that some people who actually understand Wayland can poke at it.
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This version only supports blanking, not locking.
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It requires compositor support for either the “org_kde_kwin_idle” or “ext_idle_notifier_v1” protocols. That means “everything but GNOME”, I think.
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Fading in and out, and grabbing screen images, require the program “grim” to be installed, and work. And it does not work under GNOME or KDE. Things I could use your help with:
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Tell me if you have a Wayland system on which it does not work, besides GNOME.
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I have not tested “ext_idle_notifier_v1”. Please let me know if you have a system that supports that. Alternately, if it is the case that there are no compositors that provide “ext_idle_notifier_v1” that do not also provide “org_kde_kwin_idle”, then I can just remove it.
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Figure out a better (or dare I dream, faster) way to get screen shots than running “grim”.
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Figure out this GNOME and KDE shit, because I’m probably gonna just say “screw those guys” otherwise.
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Write me some sample Wayland code that places two windows on the screen, one atop the other, and changes the alpha on the front window to make the back window appear to fade to black.
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I have barely begun to think about locking, but probably “ext-session-lock-v1” is going to continue to be the only game in town, even though it is absolutely the wrong way to go about any of this, FFS. Anyway, it takes a list of surfaces which are the only ones displayed while locked. Possibly we can get the underlying Wayland surface out of the X11 saver windows and feed those in to it? I guess the xscreensaver-auth window would have to be re-parented to under one of those. I have little interest in working on this part, so if you want XScreenSaver to be able to lock your screen, you might wanna pitch in here. Previously, previously, previously, previously, previously.