[Fedora-livecd-list] Re: Installation: monitor suspend with different timezones

[Rex Dieter]

Jeremy Katz wrote:

> On Mon, 2007-05-07 at 11:53 +0200, Sebastian Vahl wrote:
>> When installaling a kde livecd and selecting a different timezone (eg.
>> one from europe) the monitor will suspend
>> 
>> When I select a different timezone (eg. one from europe) in Anaconda
>> during installation from a kde livecd the monitor will suspend when
>> Anaconda changes the timezone (AFAIK after formatting the partitions). It
>> will come back when moving the mouse or hitting any key. But I think this
>> is a little bit confusing for non-experienced users.
>> 
>> In gnome livecd this would not happen. I'm not sure if this is related to
>> anaconda, metacity/gnome or kwin/kde (powersaving is disabled in kde).
>> I've also tried this with installing and using openbox on the gnome cd.
>> Then the monitor is also suspended.
>> 
>> Any ideas how to solve this?
> 
> The problem is that we need to be able to change the timezone so that
> files are created with the correct timestamp.
> 
> If only there were a nice way that worked across desktops to inhibit the
> screensaver being triggered.  Alas, not there yet

maybe use xdg-screensaver (from xdg-utils) to do something like that:
xdg-screensaver suspend WindowID
<change timezone>
xdg-screensaver resume WindowID
?  :)

-- Rex