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Bug 526210

Summary: gnome-screensaver creates core files in users home directory
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Reporter: Gabriellla Schmidt <gaby>
Component: gnome-screensaverAssignee: jmccann
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE QA Contact: desktop-bugs <desktop-bugs>
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Version: 5.4CC: cschalle, rkhadgar
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Description Gabriellla Schmidt 2009-09-29 10:17:39 UTC 
Description of problem:


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
 2.16.1-8.el5

How reproducible:
permanently


Steps to Reproduce:
1.execute 'gnome-screensaver-preferences'
2.select 'Cosmos'
3.wait
4. after some time (ca. 10 minutes)
  
Actual results:
core.* created

Expected results:
No core files from application 

Additional info:

gsc@hoya(24)$ ls  -l core.*
-rw------- 1 gsc users 11505664 Sep 29 11:42 core.10902
-rw------- 1 gsc users 11505664 Sep 29 11:52 core.11007
-rw------- 1 gsc users 11505664 Sep 29 12:02 core.11133
-rw------- 1 gsc users 11505664 Sep 29 12:12 core.11220

gsc@hoya(25)$ file core.*
core.10902: ELF 64-bit LSB core file AMD x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), SVR4-style, from 'slideshow'
core.11007: ELF 64-bit LSB core file AMD x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), SVR4-style, from 'slideshow'
core.11133: ELF 64-bit LSB core file AMD x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), SVR4-style, from 'slideshow'
core.11220: ELF 64-bit LSB core file AMD x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), SVR4-style, from 'slideshow'


The command dmesg shows:
slideshow[10902]: segfault at 00007fff00000018 rip 0000003804e202ee rsp 00007fffe9a56190 error 4
slideshow[11007]: segfault at 00007fff00000018 rip 0000003804e202ee rsp 00007fff3b387c30 error 4
slideshow[11133]: segfault at 00007fff00000018 rip 0000003804e202ee rsp 00007fff9d3aee30 error 4
slideshow[11220]: segfault at 00007fff00000018 rip 0000003804e202ee rsp 00007fff352fe570 error 4
Comment 1 ritz 2010-07-22 05:04:30 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 614063 ***