> I changed to a different screensaver - this was really annoying.... > > I would still LOVE to know what was causing this. Some misconfiguration in the system. Some update that you hadn't rebooted for til now. Bad setting in your xorg.conf, sun spots, solar flares. With the tiny amount of detail you give, there's no way to know. -- During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. George Orwell