Public bug reported: After upgrading to 12.10, Ubuntu no longer honors my setting to never turn my screen off.
Here's how I have it set: System Settings > Brightness and Lock > "Turn screen off when inactive for:" > Never Despite this, the monitor seems to dim off every 10 to 15 minutes (approximately). This if especially frustrating because this particular computer is hooked up to my TV where I'm watching steaming programs that last much longer than 10 minutes. I should note, that I do indeed have the check box checked that says "Dim screen to save power", but I think the typical user would assume that setting "Turn screen off when inactive for": to "Never" would supersede that setting. Either the settings are not working correctly, or the GUI should make these subtleties more clear. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: gnome-screensaver 3.6.0-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu3 Architecture: i386 Date: Tue Oct 23 18:58:05 2012 GnomeSessionIdleInhibited: No GnomeSessionInhibitors: None GsettingsGnomeSession: org.gnome.desktop.session idle-delay uint32 0 org.gnome.desktop.session session-name 'ubuntu' InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120423) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-screensaver UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-10-20 (3 days ago) ** Affects: gnome-screensaver (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug i386 quantal running-unity -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-screensaver in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1070610 Title: Won't honor "Turn Screen Off Never" Status in “gnome-screensaver” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: After upgrading to 12.10, Ubuntu no longer honors my setting to never turn my screen off. Here's how I have it set: System Settings > Brightness and Lock > "Turn screen off when inactive for:" > Never Despite this, the monitor seems to dim off every 10 to 15 minutes (approximately). This if especially frustrating because this particular computer is hooked up to my TV where I'm watching steaming programs that last much longer than 10 minutes. I should note, that I do indeed have the check box checked that says "Dim screen to save power", but I think the typical user would assume that setting "Turn screen off when inactive for": to "Never" would supersede that setting. Either the settings are not working correctly, or the GUI should make these subtleties more clear. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: gnome-screensaver 3.6.0-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu3 Architecture: i386 Date: Tue Oct 23 18:58:05 2012 GnomeSessionIdleInhibited: No GnomeSessionInhibitors: None GsettingsGnomeSession: org.gnome.desktop.session idle-delay uint32 0 org.gnome.desktop.session session-name 'ubuntu' InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120423) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-screensaver UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-10-20 (3 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-screensaver/+bug/1070610/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp