I've got Ubuntu 9.04, and this problem persists. (Included is my system info file.). On my system, I have all Power Management settings disabled, so that the Monitor never goes to sleep. I'm using the Metacity window manager, so I don't believe I am using compiz. Even though I've got my screensaver to come on if idle, if I set it to 1 minute(to test) on the slide bar to activate it then, the screen will dim to black then come back on, as if I moved the mouse. No Screensaver will ever come on.
When I go into the screensaver window, I can choose whatever screen saver. But when I go back into it, usually the screen saver will show up in the small preview box, but all I see is black. If I choose it again, by going to another one, and coming back to the previous one, it will show again. But if I close that window, and reopen it, the screensaver will just show black again. I believe this whole trouble, with the dimming, is with the screen saver app, and not with the particular window manager, or the different video drivers, because it seems to effect all of them, from ATI, NVidia, and Intel. If you need anything else, I would be glad to test it for you, as this is very annoying. ** Attachment added: "System Info" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33910840/sysinfo.txt -- [hardy] screensaver fails to start and screen fails to completely black out https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/229144 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-screensaver in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
