Screensaver freezes computer

[Roger Epps]

Binary package hint: yelp

I selected the screen saver Drempels from the list of available savers and at that point the computer froze. I was unable to de-select this option as the computer then freezes each time I open the screensaver selection from the System - Preferences drop down menu. I have obtained a temporary fix suggested in Launchpad question 77080, but note that the originator of the question reports the same package source as I found: rss-gls pack, described as

"rss-glx is a GLX port of the Really Slick Screensavers collection by
Terry Welsh (http://www.reallyslick.com/)."

One correspondent suggests that this should perhaps be re-opened. Hence my report.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Nov 26 12:47:15 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/yelp
Package: yelp 2.28.0-0ubuntu2
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-15.50-generic
SourcePackage: yelp
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-15-generic i686
XsessionErrors:
 (gnome-settings-daemon:2116): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
 (nautilus:2142): Eel-CRITICAL **: eel_preferences_get_boolean: assertion `preferences_is_initialized ()' failed
 (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:2174): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed
 (gnome-panel:2141): Gdk-WARNING **: /build/buildd/gtk+2.0-2.18.3/gdk/x11/gdkdrawable-x11.c:952 drawable is not a pixmap or window

[dreone (andre-labarron)]

how do i fix this problem?hmm?

[Roger Epps (rogerepps)]

If you look at Launchpad question 77080, you can find a temporary fix by disabling the rss-gls pack in synaptic package manager.

[Roger Epps (rogerepps)]

If you look at Launchpad question 77080, you will find a temporary fix, by disabling the package rss-gls in synaptic package manager.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.