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gnome-screensaver package

[patch] Please display clock in screen lock

Bug #1265610 reported by Michael Vogt on 2014-01-02

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	gnome-screensaver (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	Wishlist	Unassigned

Bug Description

The current gnome-screensaver will not display the top panel under unity. This is fine as it does not fit with unity, however I really like the clock. Attached is a debdiff (and a updated 17_remove_top_panel.patch) that will show only the clock.

If this looks good to you I'm happy to upload it myself, just want to make sure I don't step on any toes with this change. But I do really like a clock on my screensaver :)

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lp:ubuntu/trusty-proposed/gnome-screensaver

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Michael Vogt (mvo) wrote on 2014-01-02:

debdiff Edit (3.8 KiB, text/plain)

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Michael Vogt (mvo) wrote on 2014-01-02:

new 17_remove_top_panel.patch for easier review Edit (2.2 KiB, text/plain)

This update will also fix the:
(gnome-screensaver:19385): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_widget_set_visible: assertion 'GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed

messages that I noticed while testing my patch (note that this message is caused by the original patch, not my version :)

Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton) on 2014-01-02

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added: patch

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote on 2014-01-07:

Thanks for the work!

I'm not opposed to have the feature in principle, I'm unsure about the UI
- the clock is centered, would it be better in the top right (closer from what the desktop is doing)?
- on a dual monitor, it's displayed on both screens (where one has the bg/dialog and the other one is all empty otherwise)
- it's orthogonal but we were speaking about making the lock screen closer from the unity-greeter for the LTS

Changed in gnome-screensaver (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → Wishlist
status:	New → Confirmed

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Michael Vogt (mvo) wrote on 2014-01-07:

set clock to the right and add some padding Edit (2.3 KiB, text/plain)

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Michael Vogt (mvo) wrote on 2014-01-07:

I put the clock on the right now and I don't mind if this gets removed in favor of a better lockscreen

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2014-01-07:

This bug was fixed in the package gnome-screensaver - 3.6.1-0ubuntu9

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gnome-screensaver (3.6.1-0ubuntu9) trusty; urgency=low

* debian/patches/17_remove_top_panel.patch:
- display time in lock screen (LP: #1265610)
-- Michael Vogt <email address hidden> Tue, 07 Jan 2014 19:21:20 +0100