Bug 75919

Summary: kscreensaver "Random" theme shows blank screen
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: Joel Doerr <solspin>
Component: kdebaseAssignee: Than Ngo <than>
Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE QA Contact: Ben Levenson <benl>
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Description Joel Doerr 2002-10-14 23:44:04 UTC
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Description of problem:
When selecting a single screensaver, such as "The Matrix", screen saver works
properly, but when selecting "Random" theme, screen goes blank.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Right-click on Desktop, select "Configure Desktop..."
2."X Settings - KDE Control Module" window pops up. Select 
  "Screensaver" from left panel.
3.Select "Random"screen saver from the list box.
4.Click "Test" to verify screen saver works. (Screen goes blank).
5.Leave setting "Wait for" at 5 min. (Timeout does not matter).
6.Click "OK"
7.Wait 5 minutes, and screen will go blank.

Actual Results:  Screen saver "Random" theme does not work. Screen goes blank.

Expected Results:  Screen should have shown one of the available screen savers.

Additional info:

Results found AFTER installing following packages:

kdelibs-3.0.4-2.i386.rpm
kdebase-3.0.4-1.i386.rpm

Comment 1 Rafael Wysocki 2002-10-16 09:11:50 UTC
This applies to _all_ kscreensaver themes, on all the _three_ RH 8.0 systems I 
have.

Comment 2 Ngo Than 2002-10-16 11:11:16 UTC
It's fixed in 3.0.4-2 or newer, which will be in next rawhide release.
Many thanks for your bug report.