Bug 160472 - Disabling desktop effects turns on screensaver process that eats CPU
Summary: Disabling desktop effects turns on screensaver process that eats CPU
Status: RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED
Alias: None
Product: kwin
Classification: Plasma
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: Gentoo Packages Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: KWin default assignee
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Reported: 2008-04-06 15:26 UTC by Marek Aaron Sapota
Modified: 2012-03-11 19:23 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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requested backtrace (4.31 KB, text/plain)
2008-04-17 19:08 UTC, Marek Aaron Sapota
Details
ksolarwinds backtrace (14.04 KB, text/plain)
2008-04-18 15:04 UTC, Marek Aaron Sapota
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Description Marek Aaron Sapota 2008-04-06 15:26:29 UTC
Version:            (using KDE 4.0.3)
Installed from:    Gentoo Packages
OS:                Linux

When I disable desktop effects, ksolarwinds.kss process starts (my set screensaver), it just eats CPU (about 50%), it doesn't display normal screensaver or anything, I have to kill it manually to stop it.
Comment 1 Lubos Lunak 2008-04-17 14:19:46 UTC
Can you attach to the process and provide the backtrace? I don't see how this could happen.
Comment 2 Marek Aaron Sapota 2008-04-17 19:08:30 UTC
Created attachment 24376 [details]
requested backtrace

I'm not proficient with gdb, so if you like something more then write.
Comment 3 Lubos Lunak 2008-04-18 13:25:56 UTC
The backtrace is not from ksolarwinds.kss, but from xscreensaver/antispect ?
Comment 4 Marek Aaron Sapota 2008-04-18 15:04:15 UTC
Created attachment 24384 [details]
ksolarwinds backtrace

I've changed screensaver, it doesn't strictly depend on ksolarwinds, but there
is backtrace if I do this for ksolarwinds.
Comment 5 Jaime Torres 2010-10-10 10:56:00 UTC
Are you able to reproduce it with a more recent KDE SC version? (4.5.x)

I have configured the solar winds screensaver and I can not reproduce in KDE SC 4.6 development.
Comment 6 Oswald Buddenhagen 2011-05-15 13:39:17 UTC
does this still happen?
irrespective of what the screensaver process is trying to do, i find it kinda bizarre that it is being started in response to changing the desktop effects setting ...
Comment 7 Thomas Lübking 2012-03-11 19:23:16 UTC
Last reporter comment is despite questions nearly 4 years old (4.0.3 ...)

Given the many code changes since and the "bizarre" nature of the bug i'll close it unmaintained.

If this is still an issue feel free to contact again.