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Re: Screensaver running only on one display with a multiple display setup
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Re: Screensaver running only on one display with a multiple display setup


  • Subject: Re: Screensaver running only on one display with a multiple display setup
  • From: Alex Zavatone via Cocoa-dev <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2023 07:56:53 -0500

I’m seeing it failing on MacOS 10.5.5 on a 3 monitor system and in 13.2.1 on a
2 monitor system when compiled from source.  And by “fail”, I mean that it only
runs on one display.

Alex Zavatone

> On Jun 12, 2023, at 7:23 AM, Steven Mills via Cocoa-dev
> <email@hidden> wrote:
>
> On Jun 10, 2023, at 12:45, Gabriel Zachmann via Cocoa-dev
> <email@hidden> wrote:
>>
>> Two of the instances never reach method -viewDidMoveToWindow.
>>
>> Is there a way to instrument the source code or the executable, such that I
>> can receive a line-by-line trace of the execution of the three screensaver
>> instances from that user?
>>
>> I am wondering if two of the instances are crashing.
>> But I don't know how to retrieve more info about it (if any).
>
> By logging when init and viewDidMoveToWindow methods, you can see when the
> latter fails to be called. It's a bug Apple needs to fix. They broke it some
> time ago, then didn't fix it when the partially fixed legacy screensavers in
> 13.4. Just continue to report their bugs.
>
> --
> Steve Mills
> Drummer, Mac geek
>
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 >Re: Screensaver running only on one display with a multiple display setup (From: Gabriel Zachmann via Cocoa-dev <email@hidden>)
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