Classic 4RC DVD 64 with default XFCE installation Installed with XFCE and had to answer the phone so left the machine after logging in. When I returned to it the screensaver had been running and the screen had then blanked and monitor switched to power saving. I was unable to return from this. Switching to tty2 woke the monitor but tty only showed a blank screen with some occasional white corruption. Entering the user password into this corrupt mostly blank screen changed it to a blue & red stripy corrupt screen. See.. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/4147101/mga4rc/DSC02471.JPG https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/4147101/mga4rc/DSC02472.JPG I'll attach the journal. Reproducible: Steps to Reproduce:
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Created attachment 4734 [details] journal.txt
Previewing the screensaver in the preferences doesn't trigger the corruption
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Which graphic card?
nvidia with proprietary driver (nvidia-current)
Could you also test with nouveau?
Did another install with nouveau and moving the mouse does bring the monitor back to life and after a few seconds cancel the screensaver, asking for user password. The mouse pointer is frozen though. It is actually moving the mouse invisibly and right clicking in areas of the screen opens the menu in different areas as you would expect but the mouse pointer is motionless on the screen after returning from power saving/screensaver.
I guess this could be CVE-2014-0979 just patched by David, see dev ml this morning.
lightdm-gtk-greeter
Can't figure out how this could be related to lightdm-gtk-greeter. Unfortunately I can't this with real HW.
Isn't that what asks to the password when returning from the screensaver?
Can't say for sure as I don't use locking with screensaver, but IIRC it's ugly xscreensaver window which asks password. A screenshot would be nice.
It's the default config for a clean install. I'll grab a screenshot though, it could be that.
Created attachment 4740 [details] screenshot Yes, you're right. It's the basic Xscreensaver one, so nothing to do with lightdm-gtk-greeter.
Valid 4RC Classic DVD 64 with default XFCE installation.
Is this also happening with other DEs + xscreensaver? I can't reproduce this so this might be some HW and/or X related issue and not strictly tied to Xfce.
I've not seen it with any other DE, at least in default configurations. I've just dumped dvd 32 onto usb so I'll see if it happens there too and check logs if it does.
Created attachment 4793 [details] journal.txt It's valid from 4RC DVD 32 too Jani. Attaching the journal. I had to mount a USB stick on tty2 as the network was also unavailable and scp wasn't installed. Do you have access to the pre-release isos? I'll email you some access details if it'll help debugging.
I have access to isos, but currently no real HW to test. Would be nice if this could be also tested with another GPU than nvidia.
Alot use 20GB at the end of the HDD and dual boot for this testing.
Created attachment 4794 [details] Xorg.0.log Adding xorg log too, looks like there may be some clues in there
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Tested with real HW and can't reproduce with i586 and Intel GPU.
Think this is lightdm Jani. I experienced similar, corruption to the bottom half of the screen after installing from the DualDVD with nouveau. I had to go out so let it reboot and came back to a blank screen, powersaving. Moved the mouse and it did come back but had corruption across the bottom half. I was able to see the login greeter and once logged in the corruption cleared.
Created attachment 4811 [details] dualdvdjournal.txt
After leaving the desktop to do the same it did return OK but the mouse pointer had frozen. It was still actually moving invisibly and clicks work but the pointer on the screen didn't move.
Hardware: i586 => AllCC: (none) => marja11
MrsB had asked me to check this (fresh install from dual pre-rc iso, round 10), but I got impatient while waiting for the screensaver to come, so I closed the lid of the laptop. When I opened it again, it was impossible to get a screen back, finally I rebooted by just pressing the powerbutton for a long time. I'll now wait for the screensaver/powersaving
OK, didn't even see the screensaver (I was doing other things), when I looked at the screen just now it was black, but touching a key made it come back without any issues here... I did not have to give my password or so
tried again, because I had forgotten to unplug the power cable. I had configured screen lock to pop in earlier, so this time I did have to give my password, but again no issues here. maybe it is somehow video card related? this is on real hw and with an old intel video card
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What's the status on this bug?
CC: (none) => remi
Removing from the Mageia 5 tracker as this has not been confirmed in Mageia 5 Cauldron.
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Closing as OLD because no one reported reproducing this issue since almost 2½ yrs ago. Please reopen if it's still valid in current cauldron or stable
Status: NEW => RESOLVEDResolution: (none) => OLD