Ubuntu
gnome-screensaver package

screensaver preference's mini-preview overwrites other windows

Bug #228888 reported by Nick Ellery on 2008-05-10

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Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	gnome-screensaver (Ubuntu)	Invalid	Low	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: gnome-screensaver

Steps to produce:
1. Open up Screensaver Preferences (System > Preferences > Screensaver)
2. Select any screensaver from the list, and open up a window on top of the Screensaver Preferences window

The mini-preview supplied when you select a screensaver from the list will overwrite all other windows on top of it. Example provided here: http://www.mediafire.com/?7idmsxfm1zy

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Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote on 2008-05-12:

#1

please submit the example to the report, thanks.

Changed in gnome-screensaver:
importance:	Undecided → Low
status:	New → Incomplete

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Nick Ellery (nick.ellery) wrote on 2008-05-13:

#2

The example is a short video clip, that seems too large to attach.

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Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote on 2008-06-26:

#3

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!.

Changed in gnome-screensaver:
status:	Incomplete → Invalid

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nsilva (nicolassilva) wrote on 2008-06-29:

#4

Screenshot.png Edit (174.4 KiB, image/png)

I have the same problem, and I'm attaching a screenshot of the screen-saver preview over imposing any other window regardless that its in the background.

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nsilva (nicolassilva) wrote on 2008-06-29:

#5

For clarification purposes, I'm using Ubuntu 8.04 - Kernel 2.6.24.19-generic

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Chih-Hsyuan Ho (chih) wrote on 2008-07-30:

#6

screensaver Edit (222.3 KiB, image/jpeg)

I can confirm this issue on 8.04.1 installation. Screenshot at the instance of this happening in the attachment.

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sshlyk (sshlyk) wrote on 2008-09-05:

#7

I can confirm it also. I am having the same problem in Ubuntu 8.04

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