[ubuntu-za] Screensaver

[Hilton Gibson]

Gnome screensaver has been deprecated in 14.04 in favour of the lightweight
Lightdm lock screen.

Try typing CTL+ALT+L or SUPERKEY+L to see what I mean.

You will have to check Google to enable gnome-screensaver in 14.04.

Cheers

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*Hilton Gibson*
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On 26 September 2014 20:15, Wesley Werner <wesley.werner at gmail.com> wrote:

> Jan, check if the screensaver daemon is running:
>
> :$ pidof gnome-screensaver
>
> You should see the ID of the process, if nothing returns then it is
> not running. Check your startup services to see if the gnome
> screensaver is enabled in there.
>
> You can run the service with 'gnome-screensaver', if it is not running
> (for this session only).
>
> 'gnome-screensaver-command' offers options to query the screen saver
> state, try that to see the amount of time it waits before activating -
> http://linux.die.net/man/1/gnome-screensaver-command
>
>
> --
> Wesley
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 6:33 PM, Jan Greeff <jan at verslank.net> wrote:
> > Since the last Ubuntu 14.04 updates my gnome screensaver no longer
> > activates. Nothing came to light in the forums, any ideas please?
> >
> > Jan
> >
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