Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 243572
screensaver not locking screen - potential security issue
Last modified: 2007-11-30 17:12:07 EST
Description of problem: Screen doesn't lock after specified time. Running gnome-screensaver manually produces memory warning (see below) Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): gnome-screensaver-2.19.1.1-1.fc8.x86_64 also installed: xscreensaver-gl-extras-5.02-1.fc7.1.x86_64 xscreensaver-gl-extras-gss-5.02-1.fc7.1.x86_64 xscreensaver-base-5.02-1.fc7.1.x86_64 rss-glx-xscreensaver-0.8.1.p-6.fc6.x86_64 xscreensaver-5.02-1.fc7.1.x86_64 xscreensaver-extras-5.02-1.fc7.1.x86_64 rss-glx-gnome-screensaver-0.8.1.p-6.fc6.x86_64 xscreensaver-extras-gss-5.02-1.fc7.1.x86_64 How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1.run "gnome-screensaver" 2. 3. Actual results: ellson@ontap:~> gnome-screensaver ***MEMORY-WARNING***: gnome-screensaver[3681]: GSlice: g_thread_init() must be called before all other GLib functions; memory corruption due to late invocation of g_thread_init() has been detected; this program is likely to crash, leak or unexpectedly abort soon... ellson@ontap:~> Expected results: Screen need to reliably lock for local security/privacy reasons Additional info:
logged in as root?
No - but I rebooted the system later and the problem has cleared now. So it was probably a library upgrade. You can close this one I think.