[Bug 74727] xscreensaver(-gl?) prevents laptop resume

[Jens]

Public bug reported:

Hello,

when I resume from suspend to RAM or disk, or just standby, I get a
password prompt. After entering this, I get a totally blank screen, not
even a mouse cursor, when xscreensaver is installed. The system did not
crash - i can login remotely, or force-restart the X11 server (ctrl-alt-
backspace), and I once even saw a yellow Gnome notification popup about
my battery being almost empty - but I don't see my desktop and I don't
see a mouse pointer.

Removing this package (and the -gl package) solves this, but IMHO it's
not obvious - I installed the xscreensaver package because I wanted more
choice regarding the screensaver modules.

Perhaps this can be fixed, or alternatively I would propse the
xscreensaver package to be removed, at least until this is resolved. Not
being able to login after the screensaver activates is a serious bug,
IMHO.

Jens

** Affects: gnome-screensaver (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Unconfirmed

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xscreensaver(-gl?) prevents laptop resume
https://launchpad.net/bugs/74727