situation in Maverick: In X: default screen blanking timeout is 600s if no screensaver app is used. gnome-screensaver, configured to be off, successfully sets timeout to 0. gnome-power-manager works as it should.
so, with the exception of strange hard-coded 600s timeout, everything is fine. In console: virtual terminals have their own blanking timeout, also set to 600s, (that can be changed with setterm). This is really annoying, imagine situation: user has 2TB hdd, a routine check on startup is in progress, progress bar is displayed. It takes more than 10 minutes. Screen switches off leaving user with no indication of the process. Pressing some key to restore screen will result in canceling check. Wouldn't it be more logical to implement a principle "if there is no explicit screensaver/blanking/screenoff is in place, then do not blank/turn off screen by default". This goes to default X settings and VT settings. -- Display goes black after 10 minutes idle despite "never" settings https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/460375 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
