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gnome-screensaver package

gnome-screensaver locks after approx 10 minutes even if user settings are specify longer

Bug #859396 reported by Andrew Betts
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
gnome-screensaver (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Low
Marc Deslauriers
Oneiric
Won't Fix
Low
Unassigned
Precise
Fix Released
Low
Marc Deslauriers

Bug Description

After setting a screen lock timeout of, for example, 1 hour the screen still locks after approx 10 minutes.

Looking at the code it appears gnome-screensaver puts an upper bound on the lock timeout of 480 seconds (8 minutes), so user preferences of 1 hour will not function as expected.

I see no reason for an upper bound of 8 minutes, and this contradicts the available options anyway.

I have built a fixed version in my PPA: https://launchpad.net/~andrew-betts/+archive/misc

Tags: patch
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Andrew Betts (andrew-betts) wrote :
William Grant (wgrant)
affects: launchpad → gnome-screensaver (Ubuntu)
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Andrew Betts (andrew-betts) wrote :

Thanks William. I goofed up and put the report in the wrong place.

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tags: added: patch
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thank you for your bug report, what Ubuntu version do you use? That issue seems similar to the one fixed with that upload:

gnome-desktop3 (3.2.0-0ubuntu3) oneiric; urgency=low

  * debian/patches/00git_disable_dpms_timeouts.patch:
    - Disable DPMS timeouts (LP: #863038)

Do you still get the issue?

Changed in gnome-screensaver (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Incomplete
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Andrew Betts (andrew-betts) wrote :

I am using Oneiric Ocelot.

The bug you mention seems to be not related to gnome-screensaver. This bug is in gnome-screensaver.

I have had to peg my version as subsequent updates still contain the bug. I have looked at 3.2.0-0ubuntu1 and I see nothing patched that would fix this bug. (see my patch)

Incidentally.. It is trivially easy to demonstrate this bug if you have 10+ minutes available to not use your computer.
1) Set Screen Saver 'Turn Off After' to 1 minute.
2) Set Screen Saver Lock On, Lock Screen After 1 hour.
3) Leave computer for 10 minutes. (Or any duration less than 1 hour but greater than 60 + 480 seconds. )
4) Return to computer.
5) Note screen is locked.

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Andrew Betts (andrew-betts) wrote :

Why is this bug marked as incomplete?

Marc Deslauriers (mdeslaur)
Changed in gnome-screensaver (Ubuntu Oneiric):
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in gnome-screensaver (Ubuntu Precise):
status: Incomplete → Confirmed
assignee: nobody → Marc Deslauriers (mdeslaur)
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package gnome-screensaver - 3.2.0-1ubuntu5

---------------
gnome-screensaver (3.2.0-1ubuntu5) precise; urgency=low

  * debian/patches/20_remove_wrong_timeout.patch: remove old upper timeout
    limit that was incorrectly calculating minutes instead of seconds. This
    was causing the screen blanking to come up after 8 minutes, even if the
    preference was set to longer. (LP: #859396)
 -- Marc Deslauriers <email address hidden> Sat, 28 Jan 2012 19:04:29 -0500

Changed in gnome-screensaver (Ubuntu Precise):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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Rolf Leggewie (r0lf) wrote :

oneiric has seen the end of its life and is no longer receiving any updates. Marking the oneiric task for this ticket as "Won't Fix".

Changed in gnome-screensaver (Ubuntu Oneiric):
status: Confirmed → Won't Fix
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