Screensaver security diff: 4.4->4.5 ?

[Gene Smith]

Hi,
I just installed 4.5.4 (f14) and notice that there is no longer the 
ability to get out of the screensaver without a password after 
activating the screensaver by moving the mouse to the screen edge.

With kde <=4.4 you could move the mouse to an edge point (as configured 
in the screensaver "advanced options" setting seen below the "monitor" 
that shows the screen saver as a small graphic) and the screensaver 
activates. When you move the mouse away from the edge the screensaver 
goes away without needing a password.

With 4.5.x, after moving the mouse to an edge point the screen is locked 
(just like ctrl-alt-l) and a p/w is needed to get back.

If the 4.5 screensaver is configured to not require a p/w to get out and 
it times out naturally, this works as it did in 4.4 and no p/w is needed 
to get out. However, this has no effect on the screen edge activation 
which always requires a p/w with kde 4.5.x.

Note the "advanced options" as part of the screen saver is no longer 
present in kde 4.5.x (at least for the slideshow under Banners & Pictures).

With <=4.4 it was nice to be able to activated the slide show and see 
some pictures and then get back without needing a password. Now this 
feature seems to be removed in 4.5.

-gene