Screen Saver Bug # 560298

[Tom H]

On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 10:06 PM, Karl Larsen <klarsen1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 04/11/2010 07:54 PM, Tom H wrote:
>> On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 8:56 PM, Karl Larsen<klarsen1 at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>> Just because you are MUCH smarter than I, I do have a problem
>>> with this. By the way the bug is alive and a couple of Ubuntu experts
>>> are verifying what I wrote. I know they will. If it was you, you would
>>> try to hide this. It has happened many times. But not this time.
>>
>> The bug was updated because of standard triage not developer interest.
>>
>> If I were you, I would apologize for wasting the developers' time and
>> close it. I have just installed Karmic and it has exactly the same
>> screensaver setting (and Jaunty, Intrepid, Hardy, ... probably had it
>> too); a five-minute grace period is almost too long from a security
>> perspective.
>
> My computer is in my shop and no person can even see it. I have all
> my versions turned off because I retired with a good nest egg 20 years
> ago and there is no one trying to find out my information.  The Version
> Lucid 10.04 is the FIRST version to set up the default wait time to 5
> minutes, and set the requirement for a password, and use a see-through
> screen saver. This IS NEW!

I have just rechecked the settings. You are right, in Karmic, the
screensaver kicks in after five minutes but it does not lock the
screen.

It is not a bug though but good design whether your computer is locked
in your basement or not. Your bug will either be ignored or closed as
invalid.