Sorry for lack of detail.. Karmic w/ gnome and metacity. (upgrade from Jaunty, upgrade from Intrepid Install)
When I say "stop working" I mean that screensaver and powersave modes no longer engage after any idle timeout. Josef On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 12:22 PM, Marc Deslauriers <marc.deslauri...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > Josef, > > what desktop environment are you using? (Gnome, XFCE, etc.) > what change do you make in the preferences panel that makes it stop working? > When you say "stop working", do you mean gnome-screensaver doesn't come up > after the idle timeout, or does it not work at all? > > -- > Screensaver does not turn on [Ubuntu / Xubuntu Karmic] > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/397892 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in Xubuntu: New > Status in “gnome-screensaver” package in Ubuntu: Triaged > > Bug description: > Binary package hint: gnome-screensaver > > RELEASE: Karmic Koala > CD/DVD VARIANT: 64bit Xubuntu installed fresh using ext4 and grub2 > ISO BUILD: > SYMPTOMS: Using Applications -> Settings -> Screensaver to set the > screensaver preferences has no effect. The screensaver is set to start in 10 > minutes. Unfortunately, it never activates. > > Run in terminal gives me: > char...@wecan:~$ gnome-screensaver-preferences > ** (gnome-screensaver-preferences:6402): DEBUG: Found best visual for GL: 0x21 > > There are no entries in ~/.xsession-errors log and no entries in any system > log that I can find looking in /var/log. > > gnome-screensaver: > Installed: 2.27.0-0ubuntu3 > Candidate: 2.27.0-0ubuntu3 > Version table: > *** 2.27.0-0ubuntu3 0 > 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages > 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status > > To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/xubuntu-desktop/+bug/397892/+subscribe > -- Screensaver does not turn on [Ubuntu / Xubuntu Karmic] https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/397892 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