- Issued:
- 2012-01-10
- Updated:
- 2012-01-10
RHBA-2012:0008 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
gnome-screensaver bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
An updated gnome-screensaver package that fixes one bug is now available for Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
Description
The gnome-screensaver package contains the GNOME project's official screen saver
program. It is designed for improved integration with the GNOME desktop,
including themeability, language support, and Human Interface Guidelines (HIG)
compliance. It also provides screen-locking and fast user-switching from a
locked screen.
This update fixes the following bug:
- When locking the screen, the gnome-screensaver application takes exclusive
control of the mouse and keyboard. If another application has already taken
exclusive control of the keyboard, gnome-screensaver is unable to take over that
control. Under these circumstances, gnome-screensaver previously did not engage
the screen saver but waited for the keyboard to become available. During this
time-frame, the system was unresponsive to mouse clicks because
gnome-screensaver held on to control of the mouse. With this update,
gnome-screensaver has been modified to release control of the mouse until it can
get control of both, the mouse and the keyboard, and the system is no longer
unresponsive in this scenario. (BZ#771849)
All users of gnome-screensaver are advised to upgrade to this updated package,
which fixes this bug.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red
Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386
Fixes
(none)CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
gnome-screensaver-2.16.1-8.el5_7.5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 380caf25d1d412f34ace12048f8bcc15f3d6c1d5a3026994ce7b51e28af278ae |
x86_64 | |
gnome-screensaver-2.16.1-8.el5_7.5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 8ac07b7ea72ce40a13c45a0263ccc9776ffd9cd58bd4540365b7c6f86323cc55 |
ia64 | |
gnome-screensaver-2.16.1-8.el5_7.5.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 701ab59adcc96d3725882b98c69c0edf608b97f0179398c549c2f32e02aff7f2 |
i386 | |
gnome-screensaver-2.16.1-8.el5_7.5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 62fc14e370e547d8e2f08139a0251343d30accb3582943e12bb9de1f58fb8871 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
gnome-screensaver-2.16.1-8.el5_7.5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 380caf25d1d412f34ace12048f8bcc15f3d6c1d5a3026994ce7b51e28af278ae |
x86_64 | |
gnome-screensaver-2.16.1-8.el5_7.5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 8ac07b7ea72ce40a13c45a0263ccc9776ffd9cd58bd4540365b7c6f86323cc55 |
i386 | |
gnome-screensaver-2.16.1-8.el5_7.5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 62fc14e370e547d8e2f08139a0251343d30accb3582943e12bb9de1f58fb8871 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
gnome-screensaver-2.16.1-8.el5_7.5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 380caf25d1d412f34ace12048f8bcc15f3d6c1d5a3026994ce7b51e28af278ae |
x86_64 | |
gnome-screensaver-2.16.1-8.el5_7.5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 8ac07b7ea72ce40a13c45a0263ccc9776ffd9cd58bd4540365b7c6f86323cc55 |
i386 | |
gnome-screensaver-2.16.1-8.el5_7.5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 62fc14e370e547d8e2f08139a0251343d30accb3582943e12bb9de1f58fb8871 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
gnome-screensaver-2.16.1-8.el5_7.5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 380caf25d1d412f34ace12048f8bcc15f3d6c1d5a3026994ce7b51e28af278ae |
s390x | |
gnome-screensaver-2.16.1-8.el5_7.5.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: 905fbc958903db57667ee1814b6f46b40246008455510d591329ba974833fe5c |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
gnome-screensaver-2.16.1-8.el5_7.5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 380caf25d1d412f34ace12048f8bcc15f3d6c1d5a3026994ce7b51e28af278ae |
ppc | |
gnome-screensaver-2.16.1-8.el5_7.5.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: 94fb488ec1426950ef46a63137e7c5fcb8a7d50b99b783b34605da750de25f5c |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
gnome-screensaver-2.16.1-8.el5_7.5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 380caf25d1d412f34ace12048f8bcc15f3d6c1d5a3026994ce7b51e28af278ae |
x86_64 | |
gnome-screensaver-2.16.1-8.el5_7.5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 8ac07b7ea72ce40a13c45a0263ccc9776ffd9cd58bd4540365b7c6f86323cc55 |
i386 | |
gnome-screensaver-2.16.1-8.el5_7.5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 62fc14e370e547d8e2f08139a0251343d30accb3582943e12bb9de1f58fb8871 |
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