Security

[Advent Systems]

Eric,
    I using FC2, running on a Presario 2596us.  The kernel was updated 
to  2.6.9-1.11_FC2 #1 Sun Jan 2 15:49:30 EST 2005 i686 and system files 
are updated, as much as I know, via apt-get.
     Are there multiple screen saver programs on the system? ie. if I 
select NO screen savers from the FC2 preferences menu will it shut down 
ALL screen savers, including the one that X11 might be starting by it 
self? 
    If this was all it was I'm ready to jump for joy,  even though I 
spent 3 day re-installing everything and it still not done :)

Thanks Again,
Bob Randal

Eric wrote:

> ...I have seen this same message a long time ago on a system I was 
> working on ...off line I think it was a screensaver ...what RedHat 
> linux was it ...asuming it is RedHat that was the system  that did the 
> same thing to me, but I just can't remember what had happened and why 
> ...I do know that a while back screensavers locked up linux and slowed 
> the system to a crawl ...I think that is what I did ...disabled the 
> screensaver and then everything worked great ...what version of linux 
> are you trying to run??
>
>
> Dave Andruczyk wrote:
>
>> --- Advent Systems <adventsystems at verizon.net> wrote:
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>>> Cyber Source,
>>>    Thank you so much. I'll get on this as soon as I answer the rest 
>>> of the mail here.  Regarding the apt-get updates, I do know what you 
>>> mean and it wasn't that.  It got stuck "normally" as it sometimes 
>>> does when a server is very busy and I just retried it when it was 
>>> done.  It did it 2 more times and then the screen flashed bright 
>>> yellow and in huge letters (approx.35pt) a message was typed across 
>>> the screen that said "all work and no play makes jack a dull boy" I 
>>> walked over to the box and moved the mouse and the screen "flashed 
>>> again and, well, I cant explain what it did but I snapped a picture 
>>> of it.  When I download the images from the camera I'll post it for 
>>> everyone.
>>> I would love to come to come and meet everyone and bring my machine, 
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>>   
>>
>>
>> All work and no play.... is a screensaver for X11  Are you sure you 
>> just didn't
>> see a screensaver?
>>
>>
>> =====
>> Dave J. Andruczyk
>>
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