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hamster-applet package

  1. Bug #448438
  2. Comment #28

Comment 28 for bug 448438

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Jeff Fortin Tam (kiddo) wrote : Re: [Bug 448438] Re: idle/screensaver inhibition feature doesn't work reliably in karmic

> I've built an updated hamster-applet package in the following PPA:
>
> https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur/+archive/screen-locking
>
> Please try it, along with the gnome-screensaver security update for
> karmic that came out a couple of days ago, and give feedback here.

I gave it a shot, tested with totem, hamster, fullscreen eye-of-gnome,
with
- screensaver
- screen blanking
- automatic suspend/sleep/whatever

...and it works! Great! :)

On a side note, I did have the impression that my netbook (also running
9.10, but not running hamster applet) also sometimes had a problem with
session idling, suggesting the possible presence of *yet another* bug on
top of all this, but maybe it was just my imagination; I am not really
qualified enough to investigate that. Time will tell, or maybe Chris
Coulson knows about "other" session idling problems?

In any case, the most visible part of this bug is fixed by the (not
optimal, but working) hamster patch.
It feels all warm and fuzzy to finally have working session idling
again.