Bug 170348

Summary:	Science screensaver does not use the desktop as a background
Product:	[Unmaintained] kscreensaver	Reporter:	Philip Ashmore <contact>
Component:	screensavers	Assignee:	kscreensaver bugs tracking <kscreensaver-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	rdieter
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Fedora RPMs
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Philip Ashmore 2008-09-04 00:45:05 UTC

Version:            (using KDE 4.0.5)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Fedora RPMs

Description of problem:
I'm in KDE 4.
I choose the science screen saver.
I see a preview on the little monitor in the dialog.
the preview seems to start out all grey and as the whirl goes around, the desktop shows through.
If I move the preview monitor off-screen and back, it's all grey and the whirl continues showing the desktop in it's trail.
I click on the "test" button.
The same thing happens.
I click the ok button and lock the screen.
Same thing.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
kdeartwork-4.0.5-2.fc9

How reproducible:
Always


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Choose the science screensaver
2. Make sure the "hide background" check box isn't checked.

Actual Results:
Initially the display is all grey.
The whirl shows the desktop in it's trail.

Expected Results:
The desktop should be displayed with the whirl distorting it.

I reported this bug in Fedora
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=455306

A request was made to file this upstream (here) so here we are.

Comment 1 Oswald Buddenhagen 2010-10-23 23:26:51 UTC

fixed quite a while ago.

the one thing that remains is that forcing a repaint of the preview window will still induce a similar effect, but this is really not worth fixing.