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[Fredrik Jacobsson <fredrik@xxxxxxxxxx>]

** Description changed:

  1) The release of Ubuntu you are using, via 'lsb_release -rd' or System
  -> About Ubuntu
  
  Description:	Ubuntu Xenial Xerus (development branch)
  Release:	16.04
  
  I use gnome-flashback with compiz on my machines. I have four (2 single
  screen and 2 dual screen) and the problem only occur on the single
  screen machines.
  
  2) The version of the package you are using, via 'apt-cache policy
  pkgname' or by checking in Software Center
  
  gnome-screensaver:
-   Installed: 3.6.1-7ubuntu4
-   Candidate: 3.6.1-7ubuntu4
-   Version table:
-  *** 3.6.1-7ubuntu4 500
-         500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages
-         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
- 
+   Installed: 3.6.1-7ubuntu4
+   Candidate: 3.6.1-7ubuntu4
+   Version table:
+  *** 3.6.1-7ubuntu4 500
+         500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages
+         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
  
  3) What you expected to happen
  
  Get back to the desktop when I touch the mouse or keyboard.
  
  4) What happened instead
  
- Screen is on and black except the clock line and locked (Why? I do not lock my screens) user name at the top, plus the mouse pointer. 
+ Screen is on and black except the clock line and locked (Why? I do not lock my screens) user name at the top, plus the mouse pointer.
  The only keyboard input available is switch to virtual terminals.
  There is no way to get back to the desktop. I just  kill the session by "sudo killall lightdm" and log in again.
+ 
+ I have no problems with my dual screen machines or if I log in using
+ Metacity.
  
  The lines that mentions  screensaver in syslog:
  
  Jan 25 08:35:40 Tvburk org.gnome.ScreenSaver[1406]: (gnome-screensaver:1532): GLib-CRITICAL **: Source ID 33 was not found when attempting to remove it
  Jan 25 21:41:26 Tvburk org.gnome.ScreenSaver[1406]: (gnome-screensaver:1532): GLib-CRITICAL **: Source ID 77 was not found when attempting to remove it
  Jan 26 04:30:30 Tvburk org.gnome.ScreenSaver[4193]: ** (gnome-screensaver:4321): WARNING **: Couldn't get presence status: The name org.gnome.SessionManager was not provided by any .service files
  Jan 26 04:30:32 Tvburk gnome-session[4277]: ** (gnome-screensaver:4398): WARNING **: screensaver already running in this session
  Jan 26 04:30:32 Tvburk gnome-session[4277]: ** (gnome-screensaver:4407): WARNING **: screensaver already running in this session

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1537983

Title:
   gnome-screensaver loses screen control when desktop is Flashback +
  Compiz on single screen computers

Status in gnome-screensaver package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  1) The release of Ubuntu you are using, via 'lsb_release -rd' or
  System -> About Ubuntu

  Description:	Ubuntu Xenial Xerus (development branch)
  Release:	16.04

  I use gnome-flashback with compiz on my machines. I have four (2
  single screen and 2 dual screen) and the problem only occur on the
  single screen machines.

  2) The version of the package you are using, via 'apt-cache policy
  pkgname' or by checking in Software Center

  gnome-screensaver:
    Installed: 3.6.1-7ubuntu4
    Candidate: 3.6.1-7ubuntu4
    Version table:
   *** 3.6.1-7ubuntu4 500
          500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

  3) What you expected to happen

  Get back to the desktop when I touch the mouse or keyboard.

  4) What happened instead

  Screen is on and black except the clock line and locked (Why? I do not lock my screens) user name at the top, plus the mouse pointer.
  The only keyboard input available is switch to virtual terminals.
  There is no way to get back to the desktop. I just  kill the session by "sudo killall lightdm" and log in again.

  I have no problems with my dual screen machines or if I log in using
  Metacity.

  The lines that mentions  screensaver in syslog:

  Jan 25 08:35:40 Tvburk org.gnome.ScreenSaver[1406]: (gnome-screensaver:1532): GLib-CRITICAL **: Source ID 33 was not found when attempting to remove it
  Jan 25 21:41:26 Tvburk org.gnome.ScreenSaver[1406]: (gnome-screensaver:1532): GLib-CRITICAL **: Source ID 77 was not found when attempting to remove it
  Jan 26 04:30:30 Tvburk org.gnome.ScreenSaver[4193]: ** (gnome-screensaver:4321): WARNING **: Couldn't get presence status: The name org.gnome.SessionManager was not provided by any .service files
  Jan 26 04:30:32 Tvburk gnome-session[4277]: ** (gnome-screensaver:4398): WARNING **: screensaver already running in this session
  Jan 26 04:30:32 Tvburk gnome-session[4277]: ** (gnome-screensaver:4407): WARNING **: screensaver already running in this session

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