Ubuntu
gnome-screensaver package

  1. Bug #34233
  2. Comment #16

Comment 16 for bug 34233

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Richard Hughes (richard-hughes) wrote :

>Meaning if lid=closed you will never get a running screensaver nor will it ever dpms.
>Only if lid=open it will dpms !!!

Incorrect. If the lid is closed then the automatic DPMS timeout is disabled, and the lid DPMS is forced off. When the lid id re-opened, then the DPMS is turned on, and the timeout restored. It sounds like you may be suffering from an ACPI problem (or a bios or hardware problem) where the lid status is not being detected correctly.

Richard.