I'm on Ubuntu 12.04, and each of the Steam for Linux games I've played that support gamepads don't seem to inhibit the screensaver themselves. I don't know if it's realistic to expect them to all patch to deal with this themselves, and I'm not sure the responsibility should be on them.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-screensaver in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/30378 Title: Joystick activity does not stop the screensaver Status in GNOME Screensaver: Invalid Status in “gnome-screensaver” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: While playing games entirely with the joystick the screensaver is activated every few minutes. Input activity from a joystick should have the same results as activity from the mouse or keyboard. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-screensaver/+bug/30378/+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
