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Bug 670521 - Gnome screensaver can't be disabled
Gnome screensaver can't be disabled
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 647828
Product: gnome-settings-daemon
Classification: Core
Component: power
3.2.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Richard Hughes
gnome-settings-daemon-maint
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2012-02-21 09:28 UTC by Bin Li
Modified: 2012-02-21 09:36 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
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Description Bin Li 2012-02-21 09:28:41 UTC 
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=746672

In the Gnome control center (aka System Parameters), item "Screen", option
"Turn off after" has the following possible values:
1 minute
2 minutes
3 minutes
5 minutes
10 minutes
30 minutes
1 hour

So having options "3 hours" and "Never" would be convenient when watch a movie.

And after check the source code I found the gnome-control-center just get and the gsettings 'org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power' value 'sleep-inactive-ac-timeout'.

The default value is 600, which is 10 minutes. "3 hours" would be easier to set.
But the "Never" is not okay when I set the 'sleep-inactive-ac-timeout' to 0. It doesn't work.

Is it a bug or wrong usage? Thanks for any advice.
Comment 1 Bastien Nocera 2012-02-21 09:32:25 UTC 
In your particular case, you should get the video playback program fixed to stop the screensaver from starting. Totem does that for example.

Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported into our bug tracking system, but please feel free to report any further bugs you find.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 647828 ***
Comment 2 Bin Li 2012-02-21 09:32:28 UTC 
sorry about mistake, the value should be sleep-display-ac, set it to 0 doesn't work.
Comment 3 Bin Li 2012-02-21 09:36:49 UTC 
(In reply to comment #1)
> In your particular case, you should get the video playback program fixed to
> stop the screensaver from starting. Totem does that for example.
> 
> Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported into
> our bug tracking system, but please feel free to report any further bugs you
> find.
> 
> *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 647828 ***

Thanks for quick reply. :)