I confirmed this on Karmic. Once the inhibit is removed, if no keyboard/mouse activity resets the idle timer, the screensaver never comes back up.
Uninhibiting should probably reset the idle timer. ** Changed in: gnome-screensaver (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- gnome-screensaver never activated after inhibiting https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/524816 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs