Issued:

2011-12-06

Updated:

2011-12-06

RHEA-2011:1652 - gnome-screensaver bug fix and enhancement update

Synopsis

gnome-screensaver bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Product Enhancement Advisory (none)

Topic

An updated gnome-screensaver package that fixes various bugs and adds one enhancement is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

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 bugs:

• When the user locked the screen and the X Window System did not support the X Resize, Rotate (XRandR) or XF86VM gamma fade extensions, then the gnome-screensaver utility terminated with a segmentation fault. With this update, additional checks are made before calling the fade_setup() function, and gnome-screensaver no longer terminates. (BZ#648850)

• Prior to this update, the Unlock dialog box arbitrarily changed between the monitors in dual head setups, based on the position of the mouse pointer. The Unlock dialog box is now placed on a consistent monitor instead of where the mouse is located. (BZ#697892)

• Previously, when docking a laptop and using an external monitor, parts of the background got cut off due to incorrect logic for determining monitor dimensions. With this update, the source code is modified and the login screen is now displayed correctly. (BZ#719023)

• Previously, in rare cases, the screen saver entered a deadlock if monitors were removed during the fade up. The screen was locked as a consequence. This update modifies gnome-screensaver so that the screen saver responds as expected. (BZ#740892)

This update also adds the following enhancement:

• Previously, there was no indicator of the keyboard layout when the screen was locked. Users who used more than one layout did not know which layout was active. Consequently, users could be forced to type the password several times. This update adds the missing keyboard layout indicator. (BZ#677580)

All users of gnome-screensaver are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which fixes these bugs and adds this enhancement.

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

Updated Packages

• gnome-screensaver-2.28.3-18.el6.src.rpm
• gnome-screensaver-2.28.3-18.el6.x86_64.rpm
• gnome-screensaver-2.28.3-18.el6.s390x.rpm
• gnome-screensaver-debuginfo-2.28.3-18.el6.x86_64.rpm
• gnome-screensaver-2.28.3-18.el6.ppc64.rpm
• gnome-screensaver-debuginfo-2.28.3-18.el6.ppc64.rpm
• gnome-screensaver-debuginfo-2.28.3-18.el6.s390x.rpm
• gnome-screensaver-2.28.3-18.el6.i686.rpm
• gnome-screensaver-debuginfo-2.28.3-18.el6.i686.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 648850
• This content is not included.BZ - 697892
• This content is not included.BZ - 740892
• This content is not included.BZ - 743876

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information

• The Red Hat security contact is This content is not included.secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.
• Offline Security Data data is available for integration with other systems. See Offline Security Data API to get started.