diff -u gnome-screensaver-2.24.0/debian/changelog gnome-screensaver-2.24.0/debian/changelog
--- gnome-screensaver-2.24.0/debian/changelog
+++ gnome-screensaver-2.24.0/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+gnome-screensaver (2.24.0-0ubuntu4) hardy; urgency=low
+
+  [ Neil J. Patel ]
+  * The blank screen screen saver is not consistent in preview and actual mode
+    - Clear the preview window before showing it
+
+  [ Michael Terry ]
+  * debian/patches/07_fix_blank_screen_preview.patch:
+    - Add Neil's patch, as described above.  LP: #199112
+
+ -- Michael Terry <michael.terry@canonical.com>  Fri, 16 Jan 2009 14:31:13 -0500
+
 gnome-screensaver (2.24.0-0ubuntu3) jaunty; urgency=low
 
   * rebuild for libgnome-desktop soname change
only in patch2:
unchanged:
--- gnome-screensaver-2.24.0.orig/debian/patches/07_fix_blank_screen_preview.patch
+++ gnome-screensaver-2.24.0/debian/patches/07_fix_blank_screen_preview.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+diff -Nur -x '*.orig' -x '*~' gnome-screensaver-2.22.2/src/gnome-screensaver-preferences.c gnome-screensaver-2.22.2.new/src/gnome-screensaver-preferences.c
+--- gnome-screensaver-2.22.2/src/gnome-screensaver-preferences.c	2008-10-22 14:18:07.000000000 +0100
++++ gnome-screensaver-2.22.2.new/src/gnome-screensaver-preferences.c	2008-10-22 14:23:44.000000000 +0100
+@@ -1193,6 +1193,7 @@
+         gtk_widget_grab_focus (fullscreen_preview_window);
+ 
+         fullscreen_preview_area = glade_xml_get_widget (xml, "fullscreen_preview_area");
++        preview_clear (fullscreen_preview_area);
+         gs_job_set_widget (job, fullscreen_preview_area);
+ }
+