We are closing this bug report as it lacks the information, described in
the previous comments, we need to investigate the problem further.
However, please reopen it if you can give us the missing information and
don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future.
** Changed in: gnome-screensaver
Thanks for your report, which version of Ubuntu are you using? I have an
empty pictures folder in here too and the X nor the screensaver crashed,
please try to obtain a backtrace
http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingProgramCrash and attach the file to the
bug report.
** Changed in: gnome-screensaver (U