This currently affects Trusty 14.04 as well as Saucy 13.10. But, the workaround above works well.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-panel in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1199074 Title: Saucy - cannot uninstall gnome-screensaver because it wants to uninstall gnome-session-flashback also. Status in “gnome-panel” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: I wanted to uninstall gnome-screensaver and have xscreensaver work but, when I attempt to remove gnome-screensaver, it wants to take gnome-session-flashback. That is not what I want to do. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-panel/+bug/1199074/+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