installing xscreensaver package prevents laptop resume
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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xscreensaver (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Hello,
when I resume from suspend to RAM or disk, or just standby, I get a password prompt. After entering this, I get a totally blank screen, not even a mouse cursor, when xscreensaver is installed. The system did not crash - i can login remotely, or force-restart the X11 server (ctrl-alt-
Removing this package (and the -gl package) solves this, but IMHO it's not obvious - I installed the xscreensaver package because I wanted more choice regarding the screensaver modules.
Perhaps this can be fixed, or alternatively I would propse the xscreensaver package to be removed, at least until this is resolved. Not being able to login after the screensaver activates is a serious bug, IMHO.
Jens
the xscreensaver packge contains the binary that replaces gnome-screensaver and isnt integrated with power management or the desktop at all, if you want additional screensaver "hacks" install the xscreensaver-data, xscreensaver- data-universe and the xscreensaver- gl/-universe packages (also rss-glx is worth a look here)