Well as you correctly pointed out, XScreenSaver uses its own DPMS settings and ignores the settings of the Xserver. The power manager instead uses the Xserver's DPMS interface, so the two can never really correspond. So this really isn't a bug in xfce4-power-manager.
However, we might in a future version of xfpm include a tab to handle screensavers/lockscreens, where the user can select which software he wants to handle the locking. When XScreenSaver would be selected there, we could make all the DPMS and blanking related controls insensitive so that the settings can only be edited in XScreenSaver's own settings UI. But that's about everything that can be done about this bug imo. Making xfpm override XScreenSaver's settings isn't really possible afaik. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xscreensaver in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/889394 Title: xscreensaver and xfce4-power-manager conflict Status in Xfce4 Power Manager: Invalid Status in “xfce4-power-manager” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “xscreensaver” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I am using Xubuntu 11.04 and 11.10. If I set up xscreensaver, it prevents xfce4-power-manager from shutting off my monitor. It seems that I am forced to use one or the other. This is unfortunate, because xscreensaver has some features I like (like fading to black and locking the screen after a certain period), but xfce4-power-manager has other features I like, such as different behavior on battery vs. AC. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/xfce4-power-manager/+bug/889394/+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
