Again, as mentioned in Bug 270129, it appears that an event is being generated that cancels the screensaver, which is why the workaround of having the screen locked when running the screensaver works.
Michael, I'll try compiz from the PPA, but I doubt that I'll get to it before Thursday evening. -- Screensaver doesn't start https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/278112 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-screensaver in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs