saucy:gnome:gnome-screensaver not started

[wolfgang]

gnome-screensaver not running

workarounds:

1)strg-alt-l (do a first lock...) // there is no menuitem for screen-lock!

or

2) query state

goetz@saucy:~$ pgrep -lf gnome-screen
goetz@saucy:~$ gnome-screensaver-command -q
** Message: Screensaver is not running!
goetz@saucy:~$ gnome-screensaver-command -t
The screensaver is not currently active.
goetz@saucy:~$ pgrep -lf gnome-scree
3268 /usr/bin/gnome-screensaver --no-daemon
goetz@saucy:~/repos/darktable$ gnome-screensaver-command -q
The screensaver is inactive

i did update from 13.04
reinstalled gnome+co
dconf reset -f /
gconftool --recursive-unset /

the "we also need"-parts:
 lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 13.10
Release: 13.10

apt-cache policy gnome-screensaver
gnome-screensaver:
  Installed: 3.6.1-0ubuntu6
  Candidate: 3.6.1-0ubuntu6
  Version table:
 *** 3.6.1-0ubuntu6 0
        500 http://ftp.stw-bonn.de/ubuntu/ saucy/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

expected: gnome-screensaver should run after login

what happened: not running

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[medri (medri)]

Another issue that is probably in correlation with this:
When I close the lid on my laptop while it is plugged in, the screen stays active instead of turning off the screen and the keyboard backlight.