[Bug 76632] Re: screen does not unlock after locking

2006-12-21 Thread William Jon McCann
To debug authentication problems you want to use the test-passwd tool in the src directory or the gnome-screensaver sources. This may be fixed by the patch in GNOME bug #387572. -- screen does not unlock after locking https://launchpad.net/bugs/76632 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lis

[Bug 69549] Re: Unlock Dialog Text Confusing

2006-12-16 Thread William Jon McCann
This message is because PAM is returning PAM_PERM_DENIED. You run the "test-passwd" tool that is included with gnome-screensaver source to see which pam method is returning this value. -- Unlock Dialog Text Confusing https://launchpad.net/bugs/69549 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@list

[Bug 33331] Re: moving the clock 1 h forward starts the screensaver

2006-08-25 Thread William Jon McCann
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=336114 -- moving the clock 1 h forward starts the screensaver https://launchpad.net/bugs/1 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 39963] Re: Screensaver starts when session is not being displayed

2006-08-25 Thread William Jon McCann
Should be fixed in 2.14.3 and later versions. -- Screensaver starts when session is not being displayed https://launchpad.net/bugs/39963 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 55066] Re: User switching burns CPU without video acceleration

2006-08-25 Thread William Jon McCann
Recent versions(2.14.3 on) disable running themes when the screen is not visible after using user-switching. -- User switching burns CPU without video acceleration https://launchpad.net/bugs/55066 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo

[Bug 52874] Re: fast user switching with ldap and autofs = bad

2006-08-25 Thread William Jon McCann
Niall: Just set user-switching to disabled in the gconf mandatory database. Here's an example: http://www.gnome.org/learn/admin-guide/latest/gconf-8.html -- fast user switching with ldap and autofs = bad https://launchpad.net/bugs/52874 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.co

[Bug 56436] Re: Doesn't show up in gnome-screensaver list

2006-08-25 Thread William Jon McCann
http://live.gnome.org/GnomeScreensaver/FrequentlyAskedQuestions#head- f718251faff163b00686836433c40cb7ef726c7d or http://www.gnome.org/learn/admin-guide/latest/screensavers-3.html -- Doesn't show up in gnome-screensaver list https://launchpad.net/bugs/56436 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-

[Bug 53947] Re: incorrectly disables gnome-screensaver

2006-07-24 Thread William Jon McCann
Oh, another reason why this is bad is that even if the screensaver doesn't activate while the movie is playing it will mark the session as idle and gnome-power-manager may power down the screen or computer. -- incorrectly disables gnome-screensaver https://launchpad.net/bugs/53947 -- ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 53947] incorrectly disables gnome-screensaver

2006-07-24 Thread William Jon McCann
Public bug reported: I just noticed that you patch mplayer to disable gnome-screensaver by changing the value of the gconf key: /apps/gnome-screensaver/idle_activation_enabled This is not the right way to do it. There are many reasons: * mplayer may exit, for whatever reason, before it can reen

[Bug 32735] Re: gnome-screensaver should allow "lock after x time"

2006-07-13 Thread William Jon McCann
Use gconf-editor to set the key: /apps/gnome-screensaver/lock_delay -- gnome-screensaver should allow "lock after x time" https://launchpad.net/bugs/32735 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 52874] Re: fast user switching with ldap and autofs = bad

2006-07-13 Thread William Jon McCann
Please file this bug in upstream fast-user-switch-applet and gdm. Or file it with upstream gnome-screensaver and I'll help out. We've made attempts to make this work correctly but if you have more than a hundred users you should probably turn user-switching off. Also see: http://bugzilla.gnome.