[kde-linux] no screensaver in KDE & CPU goes to 100%

[Ernie Schroder]

On Thursday 22 March 2007, a tiny voice compelled Jim Philips to write:
> On Wednesday 21 March 2007 01:59:42 am Bogus Zaba wrote:
> > Jim Philips wrote:
> > > When my machine is idle, I rarely get a screensaver, even though I have
> > > KDE configured to turn it on after 5 minutes of idle time. What happens
> > > instead is that my CPU goes to 100% and the fan comes on. I also have
> > > Gnome on this box (for my wife). It has no trouble going to the
> > > screensaver or to hibernate mode. So, I'm thinking this has to be
> > > something KDE specific. But I don't know where to start. Any ideas?
> > >
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> > I think there are two places in the KDE control centre that you need to
> > set things up - one is screensaver (which comes under Appearance &
> > Themes) and the other is the Power Control settings for the display
> > (which don't just affect the display as far as I can tell). I get to
> > these by right-click on the desktop followed by "Configure Desktop" in
> > the context menu that pops up.
>
> I tried setting my monitor to hibernate after 30 minutes. The end result is
> that my computer not only goes to 100% CPU, but I have to kill X Windows to
> get back to a state where it's useable. This is KDE 3.5.6 on Kubuntu Edgy.
> Again, just setting the screensaver to come on, will do this. Setting
> hibernate mode makes things even worse. No screensaver setting will do the
> same thing. The problem is non-existent when I'm running Gnome on the same
> box.


Have you tried a non GL screensaver? Perhaps try a blank screen and see what 
happens. My box used to hang up just like that with any opengl screensaver 
set.
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Regards, Ernie