>From the screenshots it looks like you are running Unity. Unity does not support the free choice of screensavers, and only use the gnome screensaver. You can definitely not start the xscreensaver daemon while the gnome screensaver daemon is running.
** Changed in: xscreensaver (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1287388 Title: screensaver fails to start To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xscreensaver/+bug/1287388/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs