The 12/7 update for gnome-screensaver did not, as expected, fix this issue with
xfce.
If xfce is not going to be adapted, and gnome-screensaver is not going to be
reverted, then switching to xscreensaver (or to Ubuntu) seems to be the only
workaround for the time being (but based on what I've re
I have unactivated, killed and set up not to load at boot the gnome-
screensaver daemon, and I have installed, configured and set up to load
at boot the xscreensaver module. The good news is that the "lock screen"
button works as before without the need of any intervention. I've left
the Screensave
I second that last comment: not being able to configure an automatic screen
lock after a given time of inactivity is obviously a security issue at least in
certain environments.
Personally I am getting this bug in Xubuntu 9.10, upgraded from 9.04. The
screen saver can be started manually (either
