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Bug 614063

Summary: savers/gste-slideshow.c (get_pixbuf_from_local_dir) Check for an empty file list.
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Reporter: ritz <rkhadgar>
Component: gnome-screensaverAssignee: Ray Strode [halfline] <rstrode>
Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE QA Contact: Desktop QE <desktop-qa-list>
Severity: urgent Docs Contact:
Priority: urgent    
Version: 5.5CC: ctrianta, cww, ddumas, jwest, klepikho, mklika, otaylor, plyons, rbinkhor, rstrode, spurrier, syeghiay, tao, tpelka, tsmetana, yshao
Target Milestone: rcKeywords: Patch, Reopened, ZStream
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Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
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Fixed In Version: gnome-screensaver-2.16.1-11.el5 Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Previously, using the "Pictures folder" screen saver with an empty Pictures directory could cause the gnome-screensaver program to terminate unexpectedly. This update applies an upstream patch that resolves this issue, and an empty Pictures directory no longer causes the "Pictures folder" screen saver to crash.
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Bug Blocks: 554476, 673990    
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Description Flags
patch based on upstream none

Description ritz 2010-07-13 15:46:17 UTC 
Created attachment 431497 [details]
patch based on upstream

Description of problem:
gnome-screensaver crashes 

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
gnome-screensaver-2.16.1-8.el5.x86_64

How reproducible:
random

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Empty Pictures folder should probably trigger this.

  
Actual results:
crash

Expected results:
should not crash

Additional notes:
savers/gste-slideshow.c (get_pixbuf_from_local_dir):
Check for an empty file list.  Fixes gnome bz#382757
Comment 1 ritz 2010-07-22 05:04:30 UTC 
*** Bug 526210 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 15 Ray Strode [halfline] 2012-08-10 15:38:42 UTC 
    Technical note added. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field
    accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team.
    
    New Contents:
Previously, using the "Pictures folder" screen saver with an empty Pictures directory could cause the gnome-screensaver program to terminate unexpectedly. This update applies an upstream patch that resolves this issue, and an empty Pictures directory no longer causes the "Pictures folder" screen saver to crash.