Screen turns off while VLC is playing movies ( Kubuntu)

Asked by sughoi isigna

Even though I clicked "Disable screensaver", still VLC player turns off the monitor.
Could you please help me?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#1

What is the output of:

lsb_release -a; uname -a; apt-cache policy vlc

Thanks

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sughoi isigna (sughoi) said :
#2

dear friend

the output is;

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LSB Version: core-2.0-ia32:core-2.0-noarch:core-3.0-ia32:core-3.0-noarch:core-3.1-ia32:core-3.1-noarch:core-3.2-ia32:core-3.2-noarch:core-4.0-ia32:core-4.0-noarch
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 12.10
Release: 12.10
Codename: quantal
Linux sughoi-H55M-USB3 3.5.0-26-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Fri Mar 8 23:20:06 UTC 2013 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux
vlc:
  Installed: 2.0.5-0ubuntu0.12.10.1
  Candidate: 2.0.5-0ubuntu0.12.10.1
  Version table:
 *** 2.0.5-0ubuntu0.12.10.1 0
        500 http://tr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-updates/universe i386 Packages
        500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-security/universe i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     2.0.4-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://tr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/universe i386 Packages
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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#3

I suggest you report a bug. You could try closing the app and renaming ~/.config/vlc to see if the config is the issue. You could also try a newer version of vlc (if one exists) using a PPA

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sughoi isigna (sughoi) said :
#4

thank you very much

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