[Blackpool] Fwd: [RossLUG] Xorg 1.11 bug

[Jonathan Archer]

I believe that Ubuntu (and derivatives) aren't suffering as they are
still on .10

Cheers
Jon

On Mon, 2012-01-23 at 21:14 +0000, Tony Hughes wrote:
> Hi All
> 
> Just had a go in Mint 11 and all OK
> 
> Tony
> 
> On 23/01/12 15:38, 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-111-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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