I noticed it doesn't matter what you set the "Turn screen off..." setting to, it doesn't seem to adhere to it. It seems to do whatever it jolly well feels like.
-- 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/1062166 Title: screen goes dark although screensaver is switched off Status in “gnome-screensaver” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: although in system settings the "switch off screen" (Bildschirm abschalten, wenn inaktiv für...) is set to "never" the screen will go dark after a while although not going to standby - its just darkened. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: gnome-screensaver 3.6.0-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-16.25-generic 3.5.4 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-16-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri Oct 5 12:04:09 2012 GnomeSessionIdleInhibited: No GnomeSessionInhibitors: None GsettingsGnomeSession: org.gnome.desktop.session idle-delay uint32 180 org.gnome.desktop.session session-name 'ubuntu' InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012) SourcePackage: gnome-screensaver UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-09-17 (17 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-screensaver/+bug/1062166/+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