gnome-screensaver causes hard lockup when selecting "random"

[Aioanei Rares]

On Tuesday 28 July 2009 21:29:16 Gryphon wrote:
> This is happening to me immediately after I load the preferences 
panel.  I
> don't even get a chance to select a screensaver.
>
> I was trying to go in and set it to "blank" but I can't even do that 
before
> the machine hangs.
>
> The only way to recover is to do a hard reset of the machine.
>
> Also, probably related is that if I just let the machine sit and allow the
> screensaver to activate, I'm still able to access the box and 
everything
> seems to work normally, except that my screen has turned very dark.  
It's
> almost as if my desktop display preferences have changed.
>
> But, if I view the screen remotely it looks fine and if I restart the
> machine it's fine until the screensaver activates.
>
> Of course I can't get in to turn off the screensaver, because going 
into
> the preferences causes a lockup!!  :)
>
> Fedora 11.90
> Dell Inspiron 531S w/AMD Athlon Dual core 64-bit processor
> 2GB RAM
> 320 GB HD
>
> Not sure about the video card.  Can't figure out how to query the 
system to
> see what driver is being used.
Try 'dmesg | grep VGA' without the quotes. I'm guessing Nvidia. ;)