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Message #70141
[Bug 859396] Re: gnome-screensaver locks after approx 10 minutes even if user settings are specify longer
** Also affects: gnome-screensaver (Ubuntu Oneiric)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Also affects: gnome-screensaver (Ubuntu Precise)
Importance: Low
Status: Incomplete
** Changed in: gnome-screensaver (Ubuntu Oneiric)
Importance: Undecided => Low
** Changed in: gnome-screensaver (Ubuntu Oneiric)
Status: New => Confirmed
** Changed in: gnome-screensaver (Ubuntu Precise)
Status: Incomplete => Confirmed
** Changed in: gnome-screensaver (Ubuntu Precise)
Assignee: (unassigned) => Marc Deslauriers (mdeslaur)
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/859396
Title:
gnome-screensaver locks after approx 10 minutes even if user settings
are specify longer
Status in “gnome-screensaver” package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Status in “gnome-screensaver” source package in Oneiric:
Confirmed
Status in “gnome-screensaver” source package in Precise:
Confirmed
Bug description:
After setting a screen lock timeout of, for example, 1 hour the screen
still locks after approx 10 minutes.
Looking at the code it appears gnome-screensaver puts an upper bound
on the lock timeout of 480 seconds (8 minutes), so user preferences of
1 hour will not function as expected.
I see no reason for an upper bound of 8 minutes, and this contradicts
the available options anyway.
I have built a fixed version in my PPA: https://launchpad.net/~andrew-
betts/+archive/misc
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