It does not have to do much with gnome-screensaver as further testing showed. E. g. x-chat popups containing "<" behave the same way: Popup appears, but empty.
-- Leave message does not like "<" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/159940 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug contact for gnome-screensaver in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
