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Mandrake: xscreensave bug with KDE fix Print E-mail
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Posted by Joe Shakespeare   
Mandrake A bug in xscreensaver existed when running under KDE. When selecting a screensaver, it can be tested and seen properly, but when it actually is supposed to start, only a black screen would come up.

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                     Mandrakelinux Update Advisory
 _______________________________________________________________________

 Package name:           xscreensaver
 Advisory ID:            MDKA-2005:002
 Date:                   January 10th, 2005

 Affected versions:      10.1
 ______________________________________________________________________

 Problem Description:

 A bug in xscreensaver existed when running under KDE.  When selecting
 a screensaver, it can be tested and seen properly, but when it actually
 is supposed to start, only a black screen would come up.

 This update corrects the problem.
 ______________________________________________________________________

 Updated Packages:

 Mandrakelinux 10.1:
 821aa38b70563a575506bf50474496c6  10.1/RPMS/xscreensaver-4.18-2.1.101mdk.i586.rpm
 4478f7d6f4e825e18e52f592d57b6e1e  10.1/RPMS/xscreensaver-extrusion-4.18-2.1.101mdk.i586.rpm
 8e094fcec8d7fef5b037265918b3f603  10.1/RPMS/xscreensaver-gl-4.18-2.1.101mdk.i586.rpm
 624bee3a69c430f79a3a0410daf53dc9  10.1/SRPMS/xscreensaver-4.18-2.1.101mdk.src.rpm

 Mandrakelinux 10.1/X86_64:
 5fbd6e22998b172009bca668d5fc72dc  x86_64/10.1/RPMS/xscreensaver-4.18-2.1.101mdk.x86_64.rpm
 7897bc6062987e4a49d74afb08f0a3a8  x86_64/10.1/RPMS/xscreensaver-extrusion-4.18-2.1.101mdk.x86_64.rpm
 912d8b3df742d63320a79936c1feea46  x86_64/10.1/RPMS/xscreensaver-gl-4.18-2.1.101mdk.x86_64.rpm
 624bee3a69c430f79a3a0410daf53dc9  x86_64/10.1/SRPMS/xscreensaver-4.18-2.1.101mdk.src.rpm
 _______________________________________________________________________

 To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi.  The verification
 of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

 All packages are signed by Mandrakesoft for security.  You can obtain
 the GPG public key of the Mandrakelinux Security Team by executing:

  gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0x22458A98

 You can view other update advisories for Mandrakelinux at:

  http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories

 If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

  security_linux-mandrake.com

 Type Bits/KeyID     Date       User ID
 pub  1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Linux Mandrake Security Team
  

 
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