ok ok... Shame on me... After some investigations to understand why the screensaver was not running, I figured out that in system->preference->starting program, the check box "screensaver" was not selected.
Now it works great. @John Lenton: can you check that in order to see if this bug is not a bug -- gnome-screensaver no longer locks the screen https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/408873 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs