I posted some details on this in a comment at http://askubuntu.com/questions/59577/replace-xscreensaver-with-gnome- screensaver-xubuntu before finding this.
The article details on how to deal with it in 11.10 and how the solution doesn't work (because gnome-screensaver-preferences is missing) in 12.04. It would seem that a fix for 12.04, which is an LTS after all, would be easy and worth doing. I'd do it (port the gnome-screensaver-preferences script) myself but I'd have to learn enough python first; I wish I had time for that. My comment gets you to where gnome-screensaver is at least running and locking the screen off the user submenu (top right). You'll just have a blank screen with the date and time in small chars at the top; press any key to get the login dialogue. There is a citation link to this page in the comment. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-screensaver in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/994612 Title: gnome-screensaver-preferences missing Status in “gnome-screensaver” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: There is no user-friendly way to configure gnome-screensaver. And there was one, I know. P.S. Please don't tell me that one has to use xscreensaver instead. It does not have: * DBus support * user-switching support * keyboard layout indicator To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-screensaver/+bug/994612/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
