Bug#491608: gnome-settings-daemon: screensaver no longer launches at startup

Rob Browning rlb at defaultvalue.org
Sun Jul 20 20:41:55 UTC 2008


Package: gnome-settings-daemon
Version: 2.22.2.1-1

After some recent upgrade on a machine running sid, the
gnome-screensaver no longer worked after a login.  Manually launching
gnome-screensaver will fix the problem until the next login.

I saw a post that mentioned that gnome-settings-daemon was responsible
for launching the screensaver at startup, and that the gconf
/apps/gnome_settings_daemon/screensaver/start_screensaver value
controls this behavior.  On my machine both start_screensaver and
show_startup_errors showed "<no value>" in gconf-editor.

Changing both of those values to true has no effect.  I also tested a
different account, one with a completely new home directory, and the
screensaver doesn't start there either.

Please let me know if I can provide any more information.

Thanks
-- 
Rob Browning
rlb @defaultvalue.org and @debian.org; previously @cs.utexas.edu
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