Crashable screen saver

[Charlie Kravetz]

On Mon, 9 Mar 2009 01:06:14 -0300
Lucio M Nicolosi <lmnicolosi at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 12:03 AM, Fajar Priyanto <fajarpri at arinet.org>
> wrote:
> > I have similar experience.
> > Well, the screensaver doesn't immediately crash my 8.10, but after
> > running overnight ( I fell asleep ), in the morning when I try to
> > use my desktop again, it prompts for passoword, entered, then
> > nothing happens. The mouse still runs, but no menu. Only wallpaper.
> > And the keyboard gets locked, no ALT+F1 access, etc. I have to
> > poweroff.
> >
> > Anyone as similar error? Got a workaround?
> > Thank you.
> 
> 
> 
> A search for screensaver+crash at:
> 
>              https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/
> 
> returned 57 hits (open bugs), four of them tagged as "high
> importance".
> 
> Since Feisty, most of the time, my screensaver of choice is a blank
> screen.
> 
> L.
> 

57 hits is the reason bug triages try so hard to get more information
about bugs. Without enough information, it is impossible to even
determine if the two people have the same bug.

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