I have chosen the Clock screen saver, which does save the screen and it offers useful info at the same time. But, nearly always, once that saver has started, it's overlaid with the default desktop, which does neither. Reproducible: Sometimes $ eix -Ic kscreen [I] kde-base/kdeartwork-kscreensaver (4.14.3(4){tbz2}@10/02/15): Extra screensavers for kde [I] kde-base/kscreensaver (4.11.14(4){tbz2}@10/02/15): KDE screensaver framework [I] kde-misc/kscreen (1.0.2.1(4){tbz2}@10/02/15): Alternative KDE screen management [I] x11-libs/libkscreen (1.0.5(4){tbz2}@10/02/15): KDE screen management library $ emerge --info Portage 2.2.18 (python 3.3.5-final-0, default/linux/amd64/13.0/desktop/kde, gcc-4.8.3, glibc-2.19-r1, 3.18.7-gentoo x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-3.18.7-gentoo-x86_64-Intel-R-_Core-TM-_i5_CPU_750_@_2.67GHz-with-gentoo-2.2 KiB Mem: 16404800 total, 14319644 free KiB Swap: 46137328 total, 46137328 free Timestamp of repository gentoo: Sun, 15 Mar 2015 03:45:01 +0000 sh bash 4.2_p53 ld GNU ld (Gentoo 2.24 p1.4) 2.24 app-shells/bash: 4.2_p53::gentoo dev-lang/perl: 5.20.1-r4::gentoo dev-lang/python: 2.7.9-r1::gentoo, 3.3.5-r1::gentoo, 3.4.1::gentoo dev-util/cmake: 2.8.12.2-r1::gentoo dev-util/pkgconfig: 0.28-r1::gentoo sys-apps/baselayout: 2.2::gentoo sys-apps/openrc: 0.13.11::gentoo sys-apps/sandbox: 2.6-r1::gentoo sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13::gentoo, 2.69::gentoo sys-devel/automake: 1.11.6-r1::gentoo, 1.13.4::gentoo sys-devel/binutils: 2.24-r3::gentoo sys-devel/gcc: 4.8.3::gentoo sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.7.3::gentoo sys-devel/libtool: 2.4.4::gentoo sys-devel/make: 4.1-r1::gentoo sys-kernel/linux-headers: 3.18::gentoo (virtual/os-headers) sys-libs/glibc: 2.19-r1::gentoo Repositories: gentoo location: /var/portage sync-type: rsync sync-uri: rsync://serv.prhnet/gentoo-portage priority: -1000 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -@EULA dlj-1.1 google-chrome Intel-SDP sun-bcla-java-vm Oracle-BCLA-JavaSE PUEL AdobeFlash-11.x googleearth" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=native -pipe -fstack-protector" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/bin/startx /usr/lib64/libreoffice/program/sofficerc /usr/share/applications/boincmgr-boinc.desktop /usr/share/config /usr/share/consolefonts /usr/share/gnupg/qualified.txt" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/dconf /etc/env.d /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/init.d /etc/pam.d /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=native -pipe -fstack-protector" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--autounmask=n --keep-going --nospinner" FCFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs buildpkg buildsyspkg config-protect-if-modified distlocks ebuild-locks fixlafiles merge-sync news parallel-fetch preserve-libs protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch userpriv usersandbox usersync" FFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirror.bytemark.co.uk/gentoo/ http://mirror.qubenet.net/mirror/gentoo/ http://gentoo.virginmedia.com/" LANG="en_GB.UTF-8" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed" MAKEOPTS="-j9" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_COMPRESS="" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --omit-dir-times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --human-readable --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp/portage" USE="X a52 aac acl acpi alsa amd64 berkdb branding bzip2 cairo cdda cdr cli consolekit cracklib crypt cups cxx dbus declarative dri dts dvd dvdr emboss encode exif fam firefox flac gdbm gif glamor gpm gtk iconv ipv6 jpeg kde kipi lcms libav libnotify mad mmx mmxext mng modules mp3 mp4 mpeg multilib ncurses nls nptl ogg opengl openmp pam pango pcre pdf phonon plasma png policykit popcnt ppds qt3support qt4 readline sdl semantic-desktop session spell sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssl ssse3 startup-notification svg tcpd tiff truetype udev udisks unicode usb vorbis wxwidgets x264 xcb xcomposite xinerama xml xv xvid zlib" ABI_X86="64" ALSA_CARDS="hda-intel" APACHE2_MODULES="authn_core authz_core socache_shmcb unixd actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache cgi cgid dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" CALLIGRA_FEATURES="kexi words flow plan sheets stage tables krita karbon braindump author" CAMERAS="ptp2" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" CPU_FLAGS_X86="mmx mmxext popcnt sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3" ELIBC="glibc" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ublox ubx" GRUB_PLATFORMS="pc" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LIBREOFFICE_EXTENSIONS="pdfimport" LINGUAS="en_GB en" OFFICE_IMPLEMENTATION="libreoffice" PHP_TARGETS="php5-5" PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python2_7" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 python3_3" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby19 ruby20" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="nouveau" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, USE_PYTHON $ emerge --info kscreensaver Portage 2.2.18 (python 3.3.5-final-0, default/linux/amd64/13.0/desktop/kde, gcc-4.8.3, glibc-2.19-r1, 3.18.7-gentoo x86_64) ================================================================= System Settings ================================================================= System uname: Linux-3.18.7-gentoo-x86_64-Intel-R-_Core-TM-_i5_CPU_750_@_2.67GHz-with-gentoo-2.2 KiB Mem: 16404800 total, 14314524 free KiB Swap: 46137328 total, 46137328 free Timestamp of repository gentoo: Sun, 15 Mar 2015 03:45:01 +0000 sh bash 4.2_p53 ld GNU ld (Gentoo 2.24 p1.4) 2.24 app-shells/bash: 4.2_p53::gentoo dev-lang/perl: 5.20.1-r4::gentoo dev-lang/python: 2.7.9-r1::gentoo, 3.3.5-r1::gentoo, 3.4.1::gentoo dev-util/cmake: 2.8.12.2-r1::gentoo dev-util/pkgconfig: 0.28-r1::gentoo sys-apps/baselayout: 2.2::gentoo sys-apps/openrc: 0.13.11::gentoo sys-apps/sandbox: 2.6-r1::gentoo sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13::gentoo, 2.69::gentoo sys-devel/automake: 1.11.6-r1::gentoo, 1.13.4::gentoo sys-devel/binutils: 2.24-r3::gentoo sys-devel/gcc: 4.8.3::gentoo sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.7.3::gentoo sys-devel/libtool: 2.4.4::gentoo sys-devel/make: 4.1-r1::gentoo sys-kernel/linux-headers: 3.18::gentoo (virtual/os-headers) sys-libs/glibc: 2.19-r1::gentoo Repositories: gentoo location: /var/portage sync-type: rsync sync-uri: rsync://serv.prhnet/gentoo-portage priority: -1000 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -@EULA dlj-1.1 google-chrome Intel-SDP sun-bcla-java-vm Oracle-BCLA-JavaSE PUEL AdobeFlash-11.x googleearth" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=native -pipe -fstack-protector" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/bin/startx /usr/lib64/libreoffice/program/sofficerc /usr/share/applications/boincmgr-boinc.desktop /usr/share/config /usr/share/consolefonts /usr/share/gnupg/qualified.txt" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/dconf /etc/env.d /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/init.d /etc/pam.d /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=native -pipe -fstack-protector" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--autounmask=n --keep-going --nospinner" FCFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs buildpkg buildsyspkg config-protect-if-modified distlocks ebuild-locks fixlafiles merge-sync news parallel-fetch preserve-libs protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch userpriv usersandbox usersync" FFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirror.bytemark.co.uk/gentoo/ http://mirror.qubenet.net/mirror/gentoo/ http://gentoo.virginmedia.com/" LANG="en_GB.UTF-8" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed" MAKEOPTS="-j9" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_COMPRESS="" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --omit-dir-times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --human-readable --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp/portage" USE="X a52 aac acl acpi alsa amd64 berkdb branding bzip2 cairo cdda cdr cli consolekit cracklib crypt cups cxx dbus declarative dri dts dvd dvdr emboss encode exif fam firefox flac gdbm gif glamor gpm gtk iconv ipv6 jpeg kde kipi lcms libav libnotify mad mmx mmxext mng modules mp3 mp4 mpeg multilib ncurses nls nptl ogg opengl openmp pam pango pcre pdf phonon plasma png policykit popcnt ppds qt3support qt4 readline sdl semantic-desktop session spell sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssl ssse3 startup-notification svg tcpd tiff truetype udev udisks unicode usb vorbis wxwidgets x264 xcb xcomposite xinerama xml xv xvid zlib" ABI_X86="64" ALSA_CARDS="hda-intel" APACHE2_MODULES="authn_core authz_core socache_shmcb unixd actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache cgi cgid dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" CALLIGRA_FEATURES="kexi words flow plan sheets stage tables krita karbon braindump author" CAMERAS="ptp2" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" CPU_FLAGS_X86="mmx mmxext popcnt sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3" ELIBC="glibc" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ublox ubx" GRUB_PLATFORMS="pc" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LIBREOFFICE_EXTENSIONS="pdfimport" LINGUAS="en_GB en" OFFICE_IMPLEMENTATION="libreoffice" PHP_TARGETS="php5-5" PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python2_7" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 python3_3" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby19 ruby20" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="nouveau" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, USE_PYTHON ================================================================= Package Settings ================================================================= kde-base/kscreensaver-4.11.14::gentoo was built with the following: USE="(-aqua) -debug" ABI_X86="64"
This sounds not like a packaging issue. Please report this upstream.
(In reply to Johannes Huber from comment #1) > This sounds not like a packaging issue. Please report this upstream. Done. https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=345443
