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"Turn screen off when invactive" timeout doesn't work

Bug #1378177 reported by Seth Arnold
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Unity
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unity (Ubuntu)
Incomplete
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unity-settings-daemon (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

I left my laptop open and running tonight when away. When I returned 1.5 hours later, my screen was still on, all black except for a white mouse pointer.

I locked the screen with the windows+L combo and walked away when the lock screen displayed properly.

The "Brightness & Lock" section of the control panel shows "Turn screen off when inactive for: 5 minutes". Lock is turned on, "Lock screen after: 5 minutes", and "Require my password when waking from suspend".

I didn't suspend, and I manually locked before leaving.

Thanks

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: unity 7.2.2+14.04.20140714-0ubuntu1.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-35.62-generic 3.13.11.6
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-35-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.5
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,vpswitch,snap,mousepoll,resize,place,move,wall,grid,regex,imgpng,session,gnomecompat,animation,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,workarounds,scale,expo,ezoom,unityshell]
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Mon Oct 6 21:42:24 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-10-18 (718 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120823.1)
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-04-12 (178 days ago)

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Seth Arnold (seth-arnold) wrote :
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Seth Arnold (seth-arnold) wrote :

Unmarking as a duplicate, see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-desktop3/+bug/1377847/comments/7 for details.

In the other bug I had mentioned that 'xset 500 9999 9999' worked fine to turn off my screen as I want.

Thanks

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Christopher Townsend (townsend) wrote :

Oh, didn't notice your system was 14.04. We've been seeing almost the same exact bugs coming in for 14.10.

That said, I still don't think this is a Unity issue as Unity doesn't have anything to do with turning off the screen. Unfortunately, I'm not sure which package to file this under. It could be a unity-settings-daemon issue or even a kernel issue. I'll leave it opened for now with the idea that someone may know where to re-file this.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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digio.space (digiospace) wrote :

I am using 14.04, and have the same issue. It seems to have started within the last week, possibly after some updates, but I am not 100% sure of that.
I have not changed any setting recently.

Marco Trevisan (Treviño) (3v1n0)
Changed in unity:
status: New → Confirmed
Marco Trevisan (Treviño) (3v1n0)
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
Changed in unity:
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
tags: added: lockscreen
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in unity-settings-daemon (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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