Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: gnome-screensaver
I have been running Ubuntu for 3 years now and have waited patiently for
the screen savers to get much needed attention. I have been experiencing
100% CPU usage for the majority of the installed screen savers and can't
believe no one has noticed this as a problem yet. I started using Ubuntu
5.04 and this problem existed back then, and has existed in every single
release I have run including the current Gutsy release. There are
several screen savers that do not cause this 100% CPU usage, so I have
been careful to change the default behavior on every single install of
Ubuntu I have made to avoid burning up my computer. This is a bug
because a screensaver should not burn up the CPU while trying to save a
screen from getting a burn in from being left for days of non use. Since
I have installed Ubuntu on as many as 20 different computers, using
every release since 5.04 I do not think its a driver problem,
configuration problem, or hardware problem. I do not think Ubuntu should
ever ship any screen savers that cause 100% CPU usage and not place a
system monitor on the desktop to show the user that their CPU is racing
for hours and hours on end while they are sleeping because the default
configuration is to randomize screen savers while they are away. There
is alot to test when releasing an OS, I know, but I have seen this
problem on every single ubuntu computer I have looked at for the past 3
years.
** Affects: gnome-screensaver (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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screensavers cause high CPU usage
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/174191
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