In case anyone is still looking for an answer, I've found a solution.
I should first mention, I'm using Maverick on all my machines and I've only
experienced the fade-then-straight-back-to-desktop problem on 2 machines with
Intel integrated video, it works fine for me with Nvidia.
Since the scree
In case anyone is still looking for an answer, I've found a solution:
Since the screensaver is now handled by gnome, I checked the Configuration
Editor. You'll find the screensaver settings in there under apps ->
gnome-screensaver. I noticed that the "idle-delay" key was NOT set to the
value