Issued:
2013-11-20
Updated:
2013-11-20

RHBA-2013:1706 - gnome-screensaver bug fix update

Synopsis

gnome-screensaver bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

Updated gnome-screensaver packages that fix two bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The gnome-screensaver packages contain the GNOME project's official screen saver program. The screen saver 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 bugs:

  • Previously, when using the virt-manager, virt-viewer, and spice-xpi applications, users were unable to enter the gnome-screensaver password after the screen saver had started. This occurred only when the virtual machine system used the Compiz composting window manager. After users had released the mouse cursor, then pressed a key to enter the password, the dialog window did not accept any input. This happened due to incorrect assignment of window focus to applications that did not drop their keyboard grab. With this update, window focus is now properly assigned to the correct place, and attempts to enter the gnome-screensaver password no longer fail in the described scenario. (BZ#905935)

  • Prior to this update, the gnome-screensaver utility worked incorrectly when using an X server that does not support the fade-out function. Consequently, gnome-screensaver terminated unexpectedly when trying to fade out the monitor. This bug has been fixed and gnome-screensaver now detects a potential fade-out failure and recovers instead of crashing. (BZ#947671)

Users of gnome-screensaver are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these bugs.

Solution

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

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/11258

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian6ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6i386

Updated Packages

  • gnome-screensaver-2.28.3-28.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • gnome-screensaver-2.28.3-28.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • gnome-screensaver-2.28.3-28.el6.src.rpm
  • gnome-screensaver-debuginfo-2.28.3-28.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • gnome-screensaver-debuginfo-2.28.3-28.el6.s390x.rpm
  • gnome-screensaver-debuginfo-2.28.3-28.el6.i686.rpm
  • gnome-screensaver-2.28.3-28.el6.s390x.rpm
  • gnome-screensaver-debuginfo-2.28.3-28.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • gnome-screensaver-2.28.3-28.el6.i686.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information