User-Agent: Build Identifier: On a IBM T40p with a ATI Radeon 9600 card recent xorg-x11 releases, say, later than 6.8.1-14 result in a segfault when the xscreensaver kicks in. This was sort of annoying especially as I had the xscreensaver timeout as 5 minutes... >;) Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: Easiest way to replicate is: 1. login session 2. open terminal window (gnome-terminal or similar) 3. xscreensaver-command -activate Actual Results: X segfaults and I end up at the gdm prompt again. Attached is Xorg.0.log. Let me know if there's anything else :) % rpm -qa xorg\* xorg-x11-font-utils-6.8.1-19 xorg-x11-doc-6.8.1-19 xorg-x11-6.8.1-19 xorg-x11-libs-6.8.1-19 xorg-x11-xauth-6.8.1-19 xorg-x11-twm-6.8.1-19 xorg-x11-Mesa-libGL-6.8.1-19 xorg-x11-xfs-6.8.1-19 xorg-x11-xdm-6.8.1-19 xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-devel-6.8.1-19 xorg-x11-Mesa-libGLU-6.8.1-19 xorg-x11-tools-6.8.1-19 xorg-x11-sdk-6.8.1-19 xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-6.8.1-19 xorg-x11-devel-6.8.1-19 % rpm -q xscreensaver xscreensaver-4.18-12
Created attachment 107514 [details] Xorg.0.log.old showing the crash
As a workaround, try disabling the GL screensavers. These can sometimes provoke the GL drivers into crashing.
Thanks for the tip.. forgot all about GL. ;( Previewing a GL screensaver locks the display while previewing a non-GL screensaver works fine (tried anemone). The only way to get out of the "locks the display" problem is to hit the powerbutton and wait for the machine to gracefully shut itself down.
Works with xorg-x11-6.8.1.901-1.i386, thanks.