I've built a KDesktop package (latest Kubuntu KDE sources with the patch above applied). This is meant to be a temporary fix until KDE 3.5.4 arrives.
The package and instructions are located here: http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=42637 -- Screensaver does not work https://launchpad.net/bugs/52142 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs