For me changing from the gnome-screensaver to the xscreensaver worked. I still have around 7% of CPU usage from compiz while the screen is locked, which in my opinion is still a lot for displaying nothing, but at least it consumes less battery on my laptop.
I am running Ubuntu 12.04 on a HP EliteBook 8470p with AMD 7570M graphics. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to fglrx-installer in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/969860 Title: fglrx uses 100% CPU when screen turns off (spinning in glXWaitVideoSyncSGI or glXSwapBuffers) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/compiz/+bug/969860/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp