Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2012:0008 - Bug Fix Advisory
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

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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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