[xubuntu-users] Xscreensaver oddity

[Ric Moore]

On 07/07/2012 01:31 PM, MR ZenWiz wrote:
> On one of my machines, when xscreensaver is running and the system is
> locked, when I type something or move the mouse, the pop-up window
> where xscreensaver receives input for the password (and allows cancel
> or new login) does not overlay the screen saver image that is on
> display.  The mouse appears and can only move within the area where
> the window would appear, but the window not visible.
>
> This happens with all the default screensavers contained in
> xscreensaver except Fiberlamp, FuzzyFlakes or GLMatrix.  I use
> GLSlideShow.
>
> Is anyone else seeing this?
>
> I've had an exchange with Jamie (who wrote xscreensaver), and he
> thinks my video driver may be at fault.
>
> My hardware where this is happening is:
>
> OS: 3.2.0-26-generic #41-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jun 14 17:49:24 UTC 2012
> x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>      DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
>      DISTRIB_RELEASE=12.04
>      DISTRIB_CODENAME=precise
>      DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 12.04 LTS"
>
> Internal hardware:
> M/B:    MSI 880G-e45 (MSI-7576) S/N 601-7576-110B1011342290
> CPU:    AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 3.2GHz S/N 9P52092B10266
> ram:    16GB Corsair DDR3 1333MHz (PC10600) 4x4G 9-9-9-24
> K/M:    Logitech MX3000 Cordless Desktop (keyboard & laser mouse)
> sds:    /dev/sda    Hitachi 1TB SATA-300
>      /dev/sdb    Seagate 1TB SATA-300
> dvd:    /dev/sr0    Pioneer 1810 (DVR-112D) 18x DVD+/-RW/DL
>      /dev/sr1    Samsung SH-S223L 22x DVD+/-RW/DL LS
> vid:    ATI Radeon HD 4250 RS880 (on board)
> nic:    RealTek RTL8111/8168B 1000/100/10 (on board)
> f/w:    AMI BIOS V2.11 (12/08/2010)
> xtr:    KingWin Hot Swap KF-1000-BK
>      Silverstone USB 2.0x4, Firewire x1, head/mic
>
> External:
> mon:    Hannspree I-Inc IH283 28" 1920x1200
> net:    Cisco/Linksys WRT120N
> ups:    APC BackUPS NS 700
> usb:    Brother HL-2240D laser printer
>      Canon CanoScan N1240U/LiDE 30
>      HP OfficeJet J3600 print/copy/scan/fax
>      Fantom 2TB USB 2.0 HDD
>
> I'm not really sure which video driver I'm running, but it looks like
> fglrx (lsmod: size 3263886, used by 155).
>
> My xorg.conf is pretty simple:
>
> Section "Screen"
> 	Identifier	"Default Screen"
> 	DefaultDepth	24
> EndSection
>
> Section "Module"
> 	Load	"glx"
> EndSection


Not seeing any driver referred to in your conf file. There is a ATI gui 
setup application that you might want to use. Just go their website, 
grab the name of it and you'll find it in synaptic.


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