Bug 438261

Summary:	KDE science screensaver blank
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Philip Ashmore <contact>
Component:	kdeartwork	Assignee:	Than Ngo <than>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	8	CC:	fedora, kevin, rdieter
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Description Philip Ashmore 2008-03-19 21:46:18 UTC

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Description of problem:
In control center select the "science" screen saver.
The test button works as expected, showing the warping of the desktop.
Clicking on the "lock the session" in the "Lock/Logout Buttons" kicker applet blacks the screen but still requires a password to resume the session.

I'm using the nvidia display driver, but I'm guessing the problem isn't there.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
kdebase-3.5.9-3.fc8

How reproducible:
Always


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Select the "science" screen saver
2. Lock the session


Actual Results:
I see a black screen.
Touching the touchpad or any key activates the password request dialog.

Expected Results:
The screen image should remain visible so the science screen saver can warp it.
It might be warping the black screen, I can't tell.

Additional info:

Comment 1 Kevin Kofler 2008-03-19 21:50:29 UTC

Keeping screen contents displayed when the screen is locked is a security risk, 
so I'm not convinced that this isn't intentional.

Comment 2 Philip Ashmore 2008-03-19 23:17:23 UTC

The reason I use the science screen saver is for security reasons.

When I'm about to lock the session I display something that isn't security
sensitive, plus the clock on the bottom-right in the kicker panel. When I come
back to the screen that clock had better be showing the same time as the time I
left it.
I can't guarantee my password is unique, and I can't guarantee that someone
can't hack my system and write software that can recreate the screen at a
particular time, but my memory of statistics tells me that combining unlikely
things A and B is A*B - even less likely.

When it comes down to security, anything helps.

Comment 3 Philip Ashmore 2008-03-21 19:30:49 UTC

The "science" KDE screen saver is working OK now - even though I didn't do any
yum updates, just a couple of reboots.

Go figure.

Comment 4 Rex Dieter 2008-03-21 20:36:23 UTC

good to hear.

Comment 5 Philip Ashmore 2008-05-07 04:48:55 UTC

It happened again.

I also noticed that the tool-tip for the "lock the session" button on the kicker
applet.

I usually hibernate rather than reboot.
A reboot solved the problem.

Comment 6 Philip Ashmore 2008-05-07 04:50:21 UTC

Oops!

I also noticed that the tool-tip for the "lock the session" button on the kicker
applet _didn't appear when I hovered the mouse over it._