gnome-shell uses idle monitor directly (as does unity-settings-daemon) if we revert the code in gnome-desktop we are going to have two independent idle monitors running, the one used via gnome-desktop plus the directly accessed one.
Alternatively if unity-settings-daemon exposes the d-bus interface then we only have one idle monitor that is accessed by everyone. This is more or less what I did previously in my displayconfig attempts, so I have copied the relevant bits (from mutter 3.10 with lots of renaming etc) and hooked it into u-s-d. test package is at ppa:darkxst/libusd its mostly working but maybe crashing occassionally, trying to catch it in gdb so I can investigate -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-desktop3 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1377847 Title: unity screen saver no longer blanks nor locks automatically Status in “gnome-desktop3” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “gnome-desktop3” source package in Utopic: Confirmed Bug description: After updating over the weekend the screen saver is no longer blanking or locking. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10 Package: unity 7.3.1+14.10.20140915-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-20.27-generic 3.16.3 Uname: Linux 3.16.0-20-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Mon Oct 6 09:44:32 2014 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-06-20 (472 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Alpha amd64 (20130618) SourcePackage: unity UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to utopic on 2013-11-10 (329 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-desktop3/+bug/1377847/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
