[KLUG Members] RH 8 - GUI Problem

[Adam Tauno Williams]

>RH 8 Gui problem seems to have been fixed. I disabled the screensaver and
>it's pretty stable.
>Only downside: I can't lock my desk when I leave my workplace.

Is xlock installed?  (Or for that matter does xlock even come with RH8?)

rpm -q xlock 
rpm -q xlockmore

>Any ideas on why screen saver is doin this. It also seems to kill gnome
>terminal. message when I do ctrl-alt-f1:
>xscreensaver : activating and locking (right before gnome terminal is
>killed)

Are you running X from "startx" or by booting into runlevel 5?