Oliver, I think you missunderstand this bug. The gconf-setting you mention is to set an away message explaining why you are away from your computer. This bug is about the feature where other people can leave you a message when the screen is locked, then when you unlock the screen these messages are shown to you.
-- Gnome Screensaver is Missing Option To Leave A Message https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/140866 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug contact for gnome-screensaver in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs