The "turn screen off when inactive for" option is not saved

[dimovnike]

Hi,
the option above is never saved. It always stays selected at "Never". Also when i try to select some other value it says in terminal:

(gnome-control-center:7240): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: g_settings_set_value: key 'idle-delay' in 'org.gnome.desktop.session' expects type 'u', but a GVariant of type 'i' was given

However, using xset dpms 300 300 works and is a temporary workaraound.
let me know if u need more info.

$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu Saucy Salamander (development branch)
Release: 13.10

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.6.3-0ubuntu38
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-8.15-generic 3.11.1
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-8-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.12.4-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Sep 23 00:28:07 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-06-13 (101 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: gnome-control-center
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-09-21 (1 days ago)
usr_lib_gnome-control-center:
 activity-log-manager 0.9.7-0ubuntu4
 deja-dup 27.3.1-0ubuntu1
 gnome-control-center-datetime 13.10.0+13.10.20130913-0ubuntu1
 gnome-control-center-signon 0.1.7~+13.10.20130724.1-0ubuntu1
 gnome-control-center-unity 1.3daily13.06.19~13.04-0ubuntu1

[Jeremy Bícha (jbicha)]

Have you rebooted since upgrading to Ubuntu 13.10?

I'm not able to reproduce this bug.

[dimovnike (dimovnike)]

Yes, i rebooted several times. Btw, I also tried to delete the file $USER/.config/dconf/user hoping it would reset but no luck.

[dimovnike (dimovnike)]

Also created a new user account, and the bug is still present there too.

[Doug McMahon (mc3man)]

The actual setting chosen is set & works here, eg, if I choose 1 min the display is turned off after 1 min., ect.
However the panel, when re-opened *always* displays "never"

Also it's unclear as to where the setting is saved, after changing nothing is changed in org.gnome.desktop.session or org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power

[Bas Janssen (watcheroftheskies)]

Behaviour on my machine is erratic: right now the screen won't turn off, no matter what value I choose. But on some boots the value I choose does work, even though it reverts to "never" on reopening.

When I go to the Brightness & Lock panel, even before I change anything, I get the following error message in the terminal:
(gnome-control-center:4680): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_variant_get_int32: assertion 'g_variant_is_of_type (value, G_VARIANT_TYPE_INT32)' failed

[bwat47 (bwat47)]

I'm seeing this issue upon a clean install of beta 2

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package gnome-control-center - 1:3.6.3-0ubuntu40

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gnome-control-center (1:3.6.3-0ubuntu40) saucy; urgency=low

  * debian/patches/ubuntu_update_translations_template.patch
    - rename the patch, move it at the end of the series,
      lists missing sources (lp: #1233067)

  [ Tim Lunn ]
  * debian/patches: ubuntu_update_lock_and_power_settings.patch: Fix
    type mismatch in idle-delay setting (LP: #1228939)
 -- Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden> Mon, 30 Sep 2013 16:30:03 +0200

[KeithG (grider-4)]

not fixed. Still present. I can select any time I want in the 'turn screen off' dialog box, it saves it, but the screen never turns off. This is with the Nvidia driver and Gnome 3 window manager, do not know of that is pertinent or not. I confirm it on 2 installs where 13.10 is upgraded from 13.04. Used to work in all ubuntu releases I can remember.

[Colin Law (colin-law)]

KeithG that is a different bug. Read the first sentence of the description. This bug is that the selection cannot be saved.