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

[Josselin Mouette]

reassign 491608 gnome-screensaver
thanks

Le dimanche 20 juillet 2008 à 13:41 -0700, Rob Browning a écrit :
> 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.

Does reinstalling gnome-screensaver fix the issue? If not, and if
your /usr/share/gconf/schemas/gnome-screensaver.schemas file looks
correct, your system GConf database might be corrupt. You can rebuild it
using "gconf-schemas --register-all" as root.

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