Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-screensaver
The problem occurs in Natty, using the Unity desktop. I have not tried the old-style desktop to see if it also affects that. https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=649755 I have reported upstream a bug in Gnome Screensaver that is preventing my screensaver from activating during session timeout. The symptom is that the session times out, the screen fades to black, and then immediately returns to the desktop. The symptoms are similar to Bug #241206 and Bug #363635, but the cause is different than those bugs. Summary of upstream bug report: The problem is caused in gs-manager.c by the function window_obscured_cb. This function is called when the screensaver window is obscured (i.e., when fast user switching swaps to another VT) or unobscured (i.e., switching back to the VT). In addition to attempting to disable or re-enable the screensaver animation, when the screensaver is unobscured the callback automatically makes a request to unlock the screen. This saves the user from having to press a key or wave their mouse around to bring up the unlock dialog. My problem is that, for reasons I do not understand, my screensaver thinks, every time it activates due to session timeout, that its window is obscured briefly. window_obscured_cb is called twice in rapid succession, once for obscure, then again for unobscure. Because I do not use the screensaver lock feature, this means that, on the unobscure call, the screensaver is deactivated. Thus, my screensaver will never activate due to a session timeout. I have verified that the obscured window event is the reason for the screensaver deactivation using the debugging output. I have attached a patch in the upstram bug report that fixes the problem by removing the line that calls the screensaver unlock automatically as a result of an unobscure event. ** Affects: gnome-screensaver Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Affects: gnome-screensaver (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Description changed: Binary package hint: gnome-screensaver + + The problem occurs in Natty, using the Unity desktop. I have not tried + the old-style desktop to see if it also affects that. https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=649755 I have reported upstream a bug in Gnome Screensaver that is preventing my screensaver from activating during session timeout. The symptom is that the session times out, the screen fades to black, and then immediately returns to the desktop. The symptoms are similar to Bug #241206 and Bug #363635, but the cause is different than those bugs. Summary of upstream bug report: The problem is caused in gs-manager.c by the function window_obscured_cb. This function is called when the screensaver window is obscured (i.e., when fast user switching swaps to another VT) or unobscured (i.e., switching back to the VT). In addition to attempting to disable or re-enable the screensaver animation, when the screensaver is unobscured the callback automatically makes a request to unlock the screen. This saves the user from having to press a key or wave their mouse around to bring up the unlock dialog. My problem is that, for reasons I do not understand, my screensaver thinks, every time it activates due to session timeout, that its window is obscured briefly. window_obscured_cb is called twice in rapid succession, once for obscure, then again for unobscure. Because I do not use the screensaver lock feature, this means that, on the unobscure call, the screensaver is deactivated. Thus, my screensaver will never activate due to a session timeout. I have verified that the obscured window event is the reason for the screensaver deactivation using the debugging output. I have attached a patch in the upstram bug report that fixes the problem by removing the line that calls the screensaver unlock automatically as a result of an unobscure event. ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #649755 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=649755 ** Also affects: gnome-screensaver via https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=649755 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/779639 Title: gnome screensaver activation is hindered by unobscure routine -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
