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skwo

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Registered: 2008-11-13

Posts: 133

Gnome 2.26 refuses to use gnome-screensaver and gnome-power-manager se

Hello I got a problem with gnome 2.26. First I noticed this problem when I set screensaver for 5 minutes (gnomes default) and "Put display at sleep when inactive for :" 15 minutes, so generally after 15 or 20 (dont sure how it goes) minutes monitor supposed to go off. I tried few time leaving the pc untouched for a very long time (Im 100% sure its more that 20 minutes) and when I back only screensaver was active. I tough the problem might be with power-manager, but I think I was wrong, I set screensvaer for 1 minute and monitor power off for 2-10minutes (tried different combination) and ALL the times I tried, screensaver was activated exactly after 5 minutes! no matter what settings I put in gnome-screensvaer (tried lower than 5, I think 1 and 2, didnt try more than 5). Previous version of gnome (2.24?25?) I didnt had this problem and when I set screensaver for 1 minutes it was activated after 1 minute.
Any ideas?
Thanks a lot.

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ArchLinux x86_64 on Dell Latitude E5410

mojomagic

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Registered: 2009-04-10

Posts: 26

Re: Gnome 2.26 refuses to use gnome-screensaver and gnome-power-manager se

I have the exact same problem, I haven't figured it out either...
Just thought I'd post so people don't think this is an isolated problem.
Thanks.

KRTac

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From: Croatia

Registered: 2008-07-01

Posts: 99

Re: Gnome 2.26 refuses to use gnome-screensaver and gnome-power-manager se

Jup...me to. The same problem.

rsambuca

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From: Calgary, Canada

Registered: 2008-07-21

Posts: 143

Re: Gnome 2.26 refuses to use gnome-screensaver and gnome-power-manager se

Many people seem to be having this problem (there is another thread somewhere).  For now, I have switched to xscreensaver.

Hua

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Registered: 2009-02-26

Posts: 4

Re: Gnome 2.26 refuses to use gnome-screensaver and gnome-power-manager se

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=485601

It's a bug in gnome-power-manager, and it's been fixed upstream in the SVN. Installing g-p-m from SVN fixes the problem; otherwise will need to wait for a new release or switch to xscreensaver.