I had the same problem, and in addition, the issue that my gnome- screensaver settings were not being honored (or at least the appearance of it). I've managed a very hacky workaround that seems to work nicely for me on Gutsy:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=584406&p=3651954 -- Screen blanks after ten minutes when watching video in Mplayer with XGL and Compiz Fusion turned on https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/125947 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs