Issued:
2012-01-10
Updated:
2012-01-10

RHBA-2012:0008 - gnome-screensaver bug fix update

Synopsis

gnome-screensaver bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated gnome-screensaver package that fixes one bug is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The gnome-screensaver package contains the GNOME project's official screen saver program. It is designed for improved integration with the GNOME desktop, including themeability, language support, and Human Interface Guidelines (HIG) compliance. It also provides screen-locking and fast user-switching from a locked screen.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • When locking the screen, the gnome-screensaver application takes exclusive control of the mouse and keyboard. If another application has already taken exclusive control of the keyboard, gnome-screensaver is unable to take over that control. Under these circumstances, gnome-screensaver previously did not engage the screen saver but waited for the keyboard to become available. During this time-frame, the system was unresponsive to mouse clicks because gnome-screensaver held on to control of the mouse. With this update, gnome-screensaver has been modified to release control of the mouse until it can get control of both, the mouse and the keyboard, and the system is no longer unresponsive in this scenario. (BZ#771849)

All users of gnome-screensaver are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which fixes this bug.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at This content is not included.https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian5ppc
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems5s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5i386

Updated Packages

  • gnome-screensaver-2.16.1-8.el5_7.5.x86_64.rpm
  • gnome-screensaver-2.16.1-8.el5_7.5.ppc.rpm
  • gnome-screensaver-2.16.1-8.el5_7.5.i386.rpm
  • gnome-screensaver-2.16.1-8.el5_7.5.ia64.rpm
  • gnome-screensaver-2.16.1-8.el5_7.5.src.rpm
  • gnome-screensaver-2.16.1-8.el5_7.5.s390x.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information