Fix handling of screen saver after fa4c0e82bde20b8d5b652c81842bda11a692538a and reset background events hint for UI after streaming

app/main.cpp

@@ -311,6 +311,11 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     // Register custom metatypes for use in signals
     qRegisterMetaType<NvApp>("NvApp");
 
+    // Allow the display to sleep by default. We will manually use SDL_DisableScreenSaver()
+    // and SDL_EnableScreenSaver() when appropriate. This hint must be set before
+    // initializing the SDL video subsystem to have any effect.
+    SDL_SetHint(SDL_HINT_VIDEO_ALLOW_SCREENSAVER, "1");
+
     // Steam Link requires that we initialize video before creating our
     // QGuiApplication in order to configure the framebuffer correctly.
     // It's fine to do on other platforms too, and it can save some time
@@ -319,8 +324,21 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         SDL_LogError(SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_APPLICATION,
                      "SDL_InitSubSystem(SDL_INIT_VIDEO | SDL_INIT_TIMER) failed: %s",
                      SDL_GetError());
+        return -1;
     }
 
+    // Use atexit() to ensure SDL_Quit() is called. This avoids
+    // racing with object destruction where SDL may be used.
+    atexit(SDL_Quit);
+
+    // Avoid the default behavior of changing the timer resolution to 1 ms.
+    // We don't want this all the time that Moonlight is open. We will set
+    // it manually when we start streaming.
+    SDL_SetHint(SDL_HINT_TIMER_RESOLUTION, "0");
+
+    // Disable minimize on focus loss by default. Users seem to want this off by default.
+    SDL_SetHint(SDL_HINT_VIDEO_MINIMIZE_ON_FOCUS_LOSS, "0");
+
     QGuiApplication app(argc, argv);
 
     // Override the default palette to fix dialog rendering on Linux
@@ -441,18 +459,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     if (engine.rootObjects().isEmpty())
         return -1;
 
-    // Use atexit() to ensure SDL_Quit() is called. This avoids
-    // racing with object destruction where SDL may be used.
-    atexit(SDL_Quit);
-
-    // Avoid the default behavior of changing the timer resolution to 1 ms.
-    // We don't want this all the time that Moonlight is open. We will set
-    // it manually when we start streaming.
-    SDL_SetHint(SDL_HINT_TIMER_RESOLUTION, "0");
-
-    // Disable minimize on focus loss by default. Users seem to want this off by default.
-    SDL_SetHintWithPriority(SDL_HINT_VIDEO_MINIMIZE_ON_FOCUS_LOSS, "0", SDL_HINT_DEFAULT);
-
     int err = app.exec();
 
     // Give worker tasks time to properly exit. Fixes PendingQuitTask

app/streaming/input.cpp

@@ -128,6 +128,9 @@ SdlInputHandler::~SdlInputHandler()
 
     SDL_QuitSubSystem(SDL_INIT_JOYSTICK);
     SDL_assert(!SDL_WasInit(SDL_INIT_JOYSTICK));
+
+    // Return background event handling to off
+    SDL_SetHint(SDL_HINT_JOYSTICK_ALLOW_BACKGROUND_EVENTS, "0");
 }
 
 void SdlInputHandler::handleKeyEvent(SDL_KeyboardEvent* event)