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squalou

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Registered: 2018-06-04

Posts: 112

firefox frozen after screen off by xset

Hi,

I wonder if I'm the only one affected, trying to figure out who's the culprit and maybe open an issue.
If anyone could do a small test, it would be great.

Here's my situation

I usually run xfce + xset + slock as a screen locking solution like this :

- not using any fancy screensaver (uninstalled xscreensaver, xfce screensaver ..)
- I use 'xset' to switch screen off (xset s 300 dpms 300 300 300)
- I use 'xss-lock slock' : slock is triggered when xset event is triggered

And then : after unlocking, firefox is unresponsive.

I can minimize / maximize its window, but clicking anywhere in it has no effect.

Quit / restart is the only solution.

To eliminate possible culprits, I disabled xss-lock and slock, only kept xset to blank / turn off screen.

=> Firefox is frozen when screen is woken up.

I tried to minimize or hide the window beforehand : no difference.

So apparently, xset mechanism is having a side effect on firefox ... Id'be glad if anyone can confirm before I open an issue upstream

Thank you !

Last edited by squalou (2021-02-12 16:10:06)

squalou

Member

Registered: 2018-06-04

Posts: 112

Re: firefox frozen after screen off by xset

(worst part of it being : I can reproduce it several times in a row, and... at the moment it works fine... I hate those situations)