From 6dd8e2a822d5b6872812effea917963211e3572e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Oliver Behnke <oliver.behnke@aei.mpg.de>
Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2020 11:44:08 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Set screensaver hint before video initialization
* Avoids changing the mode from the default to the disired state
* Doesn't trigger powerd on macOS (no issue, just optimizing)
---
src/framework/WindowManager.cpp | 9 +++------
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/framework/WindowManager.cpp b/src/framework/WindowManager.cpp
index dfbcd83..8e363ad 100644
--- a/src/framework/WindowManager.cpp
+++ b/src/framework/WindowManager.cpp
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ WindowManager::~WindowManager()
bool WindowManager::initialize(const int width, const int height, const int frameRate)
{
+ // allow screensaver (or we might block BOINC's own, our parent)
+ SDL_SetHint(SDL_HINT_VIDEO_ALLOW_SCREENSAVER, "1");
+
if (SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_VIDEO | SDL_INIT_TIMER) < 0) {
cerr << "Window system could not be initalized: " << SDL_GetError() << endl;
return false;
@@ -44,12 +47,6 @@ bool WindowManager::initialize(const int width, const int height, const int fram
atexit(SDL_Quit);
- // allow screensaver (or we might block BOINC's own, our parent)
- SDL_EnableScreenSaver();
- if (SDL_IsScreenSaverEnabled() == SDL_FALSE) {
- cerr << "Screensavers couldn't be enabled! This might break usage as BOINC screensaver..." << endl;
- }
-
// retrieve current video settings (of the primary display)
SDL_DisplayMode mode;
if (!SDL_GetDesktopDisplayMode(0, &mode)) {
--
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