Index: ScreenSaversApplet.lua
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--- ScreenSaversApplet.lua	(revision 9626)
+++ ScreenSaversApplet.lua	(working copy)
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@
 
 	self.active = {}
 	self.demoScreensaver = nil
+	self.isScreenSaverActive = false
 
 	-- wait for at least a minute after we start before activating a screensaver,
 	-- otherwise the screensaver may have started when you exit the bootscreen
@@ -100,6 +101,7 @@
 	Framework:addListener(ACTION | EVENT_KEY_PRESS | EVENT_KEY_HOLD | EVENT_SCROLL | EVENT_MOUSE_PRESS | EVENT_MOUSE_HOLD | EVENT_MOUSE_DRAG,
 		function(event)
 
+			self.isScreenSaverActive = false
 			-- screensaver is not active
 			if #self.active == 0 then
 				return EVENT_UNUSED
@@ -175,6 +177,7 @@
 	Framework:addListener(ACTION | EVENT_SCROLL | EVENT_MOUSE_PRESS | EVENT_MOUSE_HOLD | EVENT_MOUSE_DRAG,
 		function(event)
 
+			self.isScreenSaverActive = false
 			-- screensaver is not active
 			if #self.active == 0 then
 				return EVENT_UNUSED
@@ -291,6 +294,7 @@
 		if instance[screensaver.method](instance, force, screensaver.methodParam) ~= false then
 			log:info("activating " .. screensaver.applet .. " screensaver")
 		end
+		self.isScreenSaverActive = true
 	-- special case for screensaver of NONE
 	else
 		log:info('There is no screensaver applet available for this mode')
@@ -591,7 +595,7 @@
 
 --service method
 function isScreensaverActive(self)
-	return self.active and #self.active > 0
+	return self.isScreenSaverActive
 end
 
 --service method
@@ -599,7 +603,11 @@
 
 	-- close all screensaver windows -0 do oldActive swap to avoid deleting iterated values when there is more than one window
 	local oldActive = self.active
-
+	
+	-- also set the state to false here, because this function could also be called externally through a service call
+	-- It's not enough to set it to false only here, since the addListener() events test for #self.active == 0 and exit if true
+	-- the now playing screen saver is not a screen saver, so the addListener() events exits there, and never call this function
+	self.isScreenSaverActive = false
 	if #oldActive == 0 then
 		-- screensaver is not active
 		return