Contrary to my comments to bug 485475, i also happens without kvm or virt-manager running. It also happens with only one screen (the laptop's builtin) attached.
More details on my setup, perhaps we've got something im common Screensaver: Blank Screen Graphics driver: Nvidia propietary installed via ubuntu hardware management Release: 9.10 64bit Desktop effects: none Power management: blank screen after 10 minutes Form factor: laptop Applications running: Lastfm, openvpn, pidgin, thunderbird, qtcreator, firefox, some terminals -- Problem with the screensaver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/485475 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-screensaver in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
