[Blackpool] Fwd: [RossLUG] Xorg 1.11 bug

[Donald Simpson]

Hi,

I just tried it on my Gentoo KDE 4 installation and it allows you to by-
pass the screensaver. It appears that you have to fix it your self in 
Gentoo.

Donald.

On Monday 23 Jan 2012 15:38:01 Les Pounder wrote:
> Lads, try this on your machines, see if you are affected.
> 
> Les
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Jonathan Archer" <jon at rosslug.org.uk>
> Date: Jan 23, 2012 2:51 PM
> Subject: [RossLUG] Xorg 1.11 bug
> To: <rosslug at rosslug.org.uk>
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> not sure if you have seen this:
> http://gu1.aeroxteam.fr/2012/01/19/bypass-screensaver-locker-
program-xorg-11
> 1-and-up/
> 
> in short it allows you to press ctrl-alt-* (the * on the numpad) and
> disable the screensaver and return to the desktop without the need 
for
> entering a password.
> 
> Most distro's have fixed the problem but you need to make sure you 
have
> installed the updated xkeyboard-config package.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Jon
> 
> 
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