[ubuntu-za] Screen saver confusion

[Jan Greeff]

Thanks FransIT, I have been to the other options, but I do think that 
the developers (how does this get to them?) should look at the apparent 
conflict in the settings guides.

Jan


On 08/06/2012 10:17, FransIT wrote:
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> On 12/06/07 21:08, Jan Greeff wrote:
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>> The screen saver settings on Ubuntu 12.04 are confusing: Under 
>> "display modes" it says "Blank after..." but when I hover the cursor, 
>> it says "How long before the screen saver activates."
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>> So if I set it at, say 30 minutes, will the screen go blank after 30 
>> minutes or will the screensaver activate after 30 minutes? It appears 
>> as if the screen goes blank, but it seems to go blank after a short 
>> while anyway, irrespective of how I set it up.
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>> Can somebody please elaborate on these settings?
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>> Jan
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> You may also like to look at the power saving options... as this is 
> where the screen get switched off.
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> There should also be a package in the repositories for more 
> screensavers... an ppa's for even more. I prefer to switch the screen 
> of after a time rather than just blanking it or using a screensaver.
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