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Bug 315969 - gnome-screensaver locks the screen even though the desktop is in use
gnome-screensaver locks the screen even though the desktop is in use
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gnome-screensaver
Classification: Deprecated
Component: general
0.0.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: gnome-screensaver maintainers
gnome-screensaver maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2005-09-11 09:50 UTC by Michaël Arnauts
Modified: 2006-04-10 15:36 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---


Description Michaël Arnauts 2005-09-11 09:50:24 UTC 
I quite often (5 times a day or so) get the problem that gnome-screensaver locks
my screen, even though I'm still working (moving my mouse) on my desktop. I
don't know how to reproduce it, but maybe others are seeing this also?
It is possible that it is related to not typing on the keyboard, however, I
don't think this is the case, since my timeout is set to two hours, and I can't
imaging not typing for 2 hours...
Comment 1 William Jon McCann 2005-09-14 14:22:13 UTC 
I haven't been able to reproduce this.  We look for keyboard input, new windows,
and mouse movement too.  What version are you using?
Comment 2 Michaël Arnauts 2005-09-14 14:25:45 UTC 
I'm using 0.0.12 on Ubuntu Breezy.

michael@mayco:~$ gnome-screensaver --version
gnome-screensaver 0.0.12
michael@mayco:~$

I will try the 0.0.13 today, and update this bugreport when I see it again...
Comment 3 William Jon McCann 2005-09-22 14:58:47 UTC 
Have you by any chance enabled DPMS in gconf?  Are you using gnome-power-manager?
Comment 4 Andreas Kotowicz 2005-09-22 15:01:21 UTC 
no, DPMS is disabled.
I don't use gnome-power-manager
Comment 5 Corey Burger 2005-10-01 19:57:42 UTC 
I see this with gnome-power-manager, but I have not enabled DPMS.
Comment 6 Eyal Oren 2005-10-03 13:09:34 UTC 
I have the same problem, except the screen is not locking but blanking; the
blanking seems to appear at random moments when I'm typing.

I am seeing this since a couple of weeks (breezy), I have DPMS enabled, and am
using GNOME Power Manager 0.1.2, gnome-screensaver 0.0.13.

Can I attach any additional information?
Comment 7 William Jon McCann 2005-10-04 19:26:02 UTC 
Power management was basically non-functional until today.  There may have been
strange blanking things happening when DPMS was enabled.
Comment 8 William Jon McCann 2005-10-20 20:28:50 UTC 
Please reopen this if you see this behaviour with version 0.0.16 or later. 
Thank you.
Comment 9 David Weinehall 2006-04-10 09:29:09 UTC 
I can reproduce this with gnome-screensaver 2.14.0; the following triggers it:

1.) Suspend laptop
2.) Connect laptop to docking station with external keyboard attached
3.) Resume laptop
4.) Start typing away on the external keyboard
5.) After "Set session as idle after: "-time has expired the screen blanks/locks
    no matter if there's been keypress events during that time
Comment 10 William Jon McCann 2006-04-10 15:36:34 UTC 
David: I think you are experiencing bug #332576 which is fixed in CVS and 2.14.1.