This *might* be related to bug #448438, take a look. Yeah, it's a
clusterf*ck.
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Filed Bug #494114 hoping it does get properly looked at. Unfortunately,
I followed this bug throughout karmic dev cycle and at one point around
end of August the screensaver was completely functional. Looks like I've
had a different bug for some time now.
If your screen starts to fade at the
Still broken here after applying update and rebooting. Screen fades to
black at correct timeout, but screensaver is not displayed. Instead, the
display snaps back to full brightness immediately.
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1. Edited /etc/sources.list and inserted gpg pub key manually
2. updated, upgraded, and rebooted.
3. Confirmed GUI settings: 1min idle, no screen lock, blank screensaver
Result: Unsuccessful.
For your convenience, see attached if you like. Thanks for your work on
attachment
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Sorry, it looks like your fix doesn't apply to me since I'm using xfce.
Sorry to waste your time. I wonder what mythbuntu users are supposed to
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OK, I've moved the gnome-screensaver issue when used with xfce (xubuntu,
mythbuntu) into bug #493573 so it doesn't get lost when this bug gets
closed.
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* debian/patches/09_remove_session_inhibitors.patch:
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* SECURITY UPDATE: broken screen-locking idle timeout (LP: #411350)
- debian/patches/09_remove_session_inhibitors.patch: Fix issue when
Oh, I take it back--after a restart it finally worked with xscreensaver.
My question about patching gnome-screensaver is still actual I think.
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Hey, I've just removed gnome-screensaver and installed xscreensaver
instead. It doesn't work either!
Can it be something is broken on some lower level?
I've re-logged in, checked that xscreensaver process is running,
adjusted settings to activate after 1 minute of idle time--and it didn't
work,
Reading the posts above, is there now a working patch for this? If so,
will an updated package be available via the repositories any time soon?
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Well, so far so good for me. I applied the update, rebooted, changed
the screensaver settings to 1 minute, waited and it came on. Moved the
mouse to shut it off, played some video files, went to some web pages,
stopped activity again for a minute, and the screen saver engaged again.
I've tried a
Yes, a reboot is necessary after installing the updated package.
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On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 15:05, Marc Deslauriers
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Yes, a reboot is necessary after installing the updated package.
Of course, I rebooted the machine before testing.
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I think we may have more than one problem here.
Alex:
You're using xubuntu?
After logging in, is the gnome-screensaver process running?
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I think we may have more than one problem here.
Alex:
You're using xubuntu?
Yep.
After logging in, is the gnome-screensaver process running?
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Could you please run the following command and attach or send me the resulting
file:
gconftool-2 --dump /apps/gnome-screensaver /desktop/gnome/session
/desktop/gnome/lockdown debug.xml
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rfugger, could you do the same, please?
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Alex:
Could you please run the following command and attach or send me the
resulting file:
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Marc: Here you
Alex: if you set the screensaver to blank screen only, does it work?
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Alex: if you set the screensaver to blank screen only, does it work?
Not really.
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I'm not sure what Not really means. Does gnome-screensaver come up
after the idle timeout or not?
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I'm not sure what Not really means. Does gnome-screensaver come up
after the idle timeout or not?
It means not. Sorry for confusion.
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OK, I can confirm this. On a fresh installation of xubuntu, gnome-
screensaver never get triggered by the idle timeout.
Is anyone else having issues with gnome-screensaver that is _not_ using
xubuntu and is still seeing issues with the gnome-screensaver package in
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Basically, the newer gnome-screensaver uses gnome-session for the idle
timeout. Xubuntu doesn't use gnome-session, so gnome-screensaver doesn't
work. Here is the upstream bug report for the issue:
http://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5927
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Actually, the new gnome-screensaver seems to work for me after
rebooting (hadn't rebooted before, sorry). Thanks Marc!
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I think it's an echo chamber in here -- doesn't seem like anyone from
ubuntu is listening. Anyone feel like setting up a PPA and patching,
building, and packaging a fixed version of X?
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xorg in Karmic already has those two patches.
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So nobody knows why this is happening?
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It may have to do with this:
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=600488
http://git.gnome.org/cgit/gnome-screensaver/commit/?id=284c9924969a49dbf2d5fae1d680d3310c4df4a3
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That bug seems like it would only occur after running totem, which
doesn't seem to be the case here. (At least I don't run totem -- I
use vlc.)
On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 9:15 AM, Marc Deslauriers
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It may have to do with this:
Could you please try the gnome-screensaver packages in the following PPA
once they've finished building:
https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur/+archive/screen-locking
Even if you don't use totem, it could be when totem is used as a firefox
plugin, or it could be another application that crashed with
On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 22:29, Marc Deslauriers
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Could you please try the gnome-screensaver packages in the following PPA
once they've finished building:
https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur/+archive/screen-locking
Even if you don't use totem, it could be when
It also doesn't seem to do anything for me.
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This started happening on my AMD 64 X4 w/ 4G in the past couple of
weeks. It is consistent, in that the screensaver never kicks in and
power saver never turns off display (but I can run the command in a
terminal and it works). I didn't go digging in bug reports at first
because, as such an
On Thu, 2009-11-26 at 19:33 +, rfugger wrote:
So, to sum up Kevin's post above (comment 42), the fix for this bug is
for Ubuntu to apply the following two patches to their version of X:
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/patch/?id=db568f9eabf3450d8a023597ff007df355b13ea8
So is anyone from Ubuntu actually working on this or is this just a bug
full of me toos?
Is this isolated to Ubuntu? Has this been reported upstream by anyone?
Is Ubuntu adding any patches to upstream? Maybe the package owner needs
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FWIW, I checked the gnome bugzilla and don't see any similar bugs. So
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I am totally lost with this bug, as I have three machines with fresh
installs of Ubuntu Karmic, and one fresh install of Ubuntu Jaunty
upgraded to Karmic. I have the bug on the upgraded machine and one fresh
install, and on the other two fresh installs, it all works perfectly.
Brian J.
It's probably not just an Ubuntu bug.
http://art.ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=8354673postcount=7
http://blogs.gnome.org/hughsie/2009/08/17/
2009/11/27 Brian J. Murrell br...@interlinx.bc.ca
FWIW, I checked the gnome bugzilla and don't see any similar bugs. So
is this something that
So, to sum up Kevin's post above (comment 42), the fix for this bug is
for Ubuntu to apply the following two patches to their version of X:
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/patch/?id=db568f9eabf3450d8a023597ff007df355b13ea8
Can we at least have the old working version? I don't see any point to
have a new one if it's broken.
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Agreed, I think a regression would be in order due to the security
implications related to this. I currently have to start the screensaver
manually and then use xset from my Mac to shutdown the displays
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I did a clean install of Ubuntu 9.10 yesterday and immediately noticed
this problem. As Luke J Militello says, it is random. It will work for a
while after boot and at some point just stop working.
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I have noticed that it is hit and miss as to whether this actually works
or not.
It is a major security issue.
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Mine seems to be working fine now on 9.10
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Mine is still random. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Still
view this as a security vulnerability.
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Updated from Jaunty to Karmic, screensaver stopped working for me too
Only manual launching is possible
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I ran some updates including the proposed repositories and thus far, it
seems like the issue has corrected itself ... I'm not going to call it
just yet, although so far the screensaver has started when it should and
the displays have shutdown when they should. I will continue to monitor
for a few
Well, strike that previous post ... problem is back ... :(
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It still happens with the following packages in Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala
Desktop 64bit.
$ gnome-screensaver --version
gnome-screensaver 2.28.0
$ gnome-power-manager --version
Version 2.28.1
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I've discovered upon a fresh reboot, if you do not touch gconf at all
and let the system idle. The first instance of the screen saver/power
manager appears to work. Over the course of time, the randomness comes
back and is ultimately followed by nothing working at all. Could we be
looking at a
Due to the security issues involved, is it possible to issue a
regression back down to the known working packages from Jaunty until
this can be resolved? As of now, I have to SSH to all affected Karmic
boxes from my iBook and forcibly shut down the displays. If this is not
possible, could
Ugh. This bug is back. This was previously sorted sometime in the karmic
dev cycle, but now after release I am affected by this again. At the set
time to activate the screensaver, my screen dims to black as if about to
start the screensaver, then snaps back to full display brightness.
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Yeps, it has been solved in the past for me too, but came back one or
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I am also having this issue and as stated above, view this as a security
issue as I also require the display to auto lock itself in a timely
manner while I am away from my machines. I opened a bug on this myself
yesterday, however I stumbled across this already on going one.
Therefore, I have
Also note, I have the random issue. And by that I mean sometimes
nothing works right, sometimes the screen saver works but not the power
manager, and seldom do both work as they should. Also, a litte output
of my settings per gconf...
Power Manager General Options (Defaults)
I have the same problem for a Karmic with gnome. Screensaver does not
start automatically, but 'gnome-screensaver-command -a' starts it. It
worked fine in Jaunty.
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Hey, I still have this problem on up-to-date karmic Xubuntu amd64!
The screensaver doesn't start automatically, but works correctly if I
run `gnome-screensaver-command -a' or lock the screen with Ctrl+Alt+Del.
Screen blanking is working correctly in the meantime.
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My DPMS still doesn't work and is probably a problem with gnome-power-
manager. Any ideas of clues I can collect for diagnosing more
effectively?
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Well after more than a week of testing, I have not seen this faulty
behavior. The screensaver works and so does turning off the screen.
AFAIC, it is fixed.
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It looks fixed for me too
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I still see this problem on today's Karmic.
Ctrl+Alt+L locks the screen, but the screen will never go into power-
save mode later on (it has been like this for most of the Karmic cycle).
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ctrl+alt+l works, and actually the last two days I have seen the screen
lock and the display put to sleep. I am not entirely confident that the
bug is fixed (see Martijn's comment), partially because it would
sometimes work for a while and then not. I will report back if/when it
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Wait.. the screensaver comes on again. It just doesn't turn off the
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could you try if that's still an issue in current karmic? Jamie your
comment seems a different issue than the dbus one, can you look the
screen using ctrl-alt-l?
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In Karmic at present, the screen saver or blank screen has started
working for me, but putting the display to sleep (as set in Power
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I am reprioritizing the bug because a) the sole functions of the program
are to provide a screensaver and lock the screen, neither of which work
and b) the lack of screen locking is a security issue.
I am still seeing this issue with the following:
$ dpkg -l|egrep 'gnome-(screen|power)'
ii
Wanted to confirm working gnome-screensaver after latest round of gnome
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Yep, that's right... Now the screensaver activates as expected.
Just DPMS doesn't work yet, but that may be a problem of gnome-power-manager
and not gnome-screensaver...
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It still don't work for me, even if I'm fully up to date.
I run Karmic on two Intel Core 2 processors.
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I think it's a bit more important than low as it directly relates to
security of my laptop, but I'll leave it to team interpretation.
I finally got tired of waiting on a fix and just forced install of the
jaunty packages that work perfectly:
I can confirm this on karmic, duplicate of bug 397892 ?
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purging gnome-screensaver obviously didnt enable the screensaver, but
now the dpms power off stuff works properly, and consistant with what it
would have done with gnome screensaver.
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I filed a report about similar behavior a few days ago when upgrading
from ibex to jaunty and then to karmic, where my screensaver stopped
working correctly. Running gnome-screensaver in debug as you did, I see
no events at the one minute mark, which the timeout is set to. Using
Is there any more info needed?
I already reseted gconf settings for both screensaver and power-manager
(when in alpha3) but the behaviour stays the same. Screensaver activates
correctly if forced (either by locking screen or with gnome-
screensaver-command -a), but it appears the idle time
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