Re: Weird issue: Screen savers HAMMERING the CPU

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On Wed, 18 May 2022 14:54:31 -0500
Thomas Cameron <thomas.cameron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I've upgraded my distro from F33 to F34, F35, and now F36. Zero issues 
> all the way through except for one weird one. I run Xfce, and I 
> installed the xscreensaver* packages. I've always done this, and I 
> uninstalled the xfce4-screensaver package. I like the plain old 
> xscreensaver packages.
> 
> It's not been a problem before (that I recall), but now all of sudden 
> several screen savers just hammer the CPU. To the point where I can't 
> even get the popup screen to enter my password to appear. Or after it 
> appears, it takes MANY seconds for the password to be checked, and it 
> seems like it's dropping characters because I am reasonably certain I 
> typed it correctly, but it hangs and I have to wait til the login screen 
> pops up again.
> 
> Anyone else seeing this? Is the only option to go through and test each 
> one to see if they cause problems, and disable them?
> 
> Thanks!
> Thomas

What is wrong with just plain " xset +dpms " ?
Because it is not using cpu and drawing unnecessary images to the screen?
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