Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-screensaver
Similar to bug #34510 (which I'm not sure was fixed or not in dapper), the screensavers should never be activated by default in ubuntu. EVEN when the system is fully installed. I filed a bug upstream (http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=349587) but I was told that this was already the default, so I assume ubuntu has made gnome- screensaver start a random screensaver as the default behavior. Which is bad, because (shamelessly copy-pasting my bug report on gnome.org) the user does not expect his/her laptop computer to suddenly pump air heavily because there is no 2D/3D acceleration and the CPU is 100% in use. Once the user wants a screensaver and knows that the hardware supports it, he will simply go and activate the one he likes. For now, I think the only thing that gnome-screensaver should be allowed to do as default is blank the screen. ** Affects: gnome-screensaver (Ubuntu) Importance: Untriaged Status: Unconfirmed -- disable screensavers by default https://launchpad.net/bugs/54843 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
