Configuration for screen savers?

[Mark Nichols]

David Vincent wrote:
> Mark Nichols wrote:
>
>   
>> Both the gnome screensaver, and xsccreensaver, seem to consume a 
>> tremendous amount of CPU on my machine.  When any screensaver from 
>> either collection is started the fan kicks in to high gear and runs 
>> nonstop until I quit the screensaver.
>>
>> Also, the xscreensaver seemed to lock up every time I'd access it's 
>> configuration panel, so I've temporarily disabled it. (I was forced to 
>> used Ctrl-Alt-Backspace to get away from the xscreensaver dialog.) I 
>> installed xscreensaver following these instructions: 
>> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=195557
>>
>> How do I restrict the screensaver so that it doesn't turn my machine 
>> into an obnoxious white-noise source?
>>     
>
> are you running compiz?  
Yes.
> i'm thinking it might be the xgl server your x 
> is running to enable the pretty effects.  what card do you have and what 
> driver are you using?  
ATI Radeon X300, driver is listed under the "Restricted Drivers list" 
but I don't know how to determine the version (new to Linux).
> do you want the effects?  
As long as they don't hose up the works.
> if you have modern 
> enough hardware you might be better off without the xgl server and 
> instead using aiglx, for that you need the proprietary driver for nvidia 
> and ati - and for ati the very latest one they just released.  just ask 
> if you need links or poke through the list archives, this has all been 
> covered before.
>   
I'll poke around and see what I can find.
> you can disable the xgl server with this command in a terminal:
>
> $ touch ~/.config/xserver-xgl/disable
>
> and then either log out and then log back in, or reboot.  if that 
> doesn't help and you want to enable the xgl server again just delete the 
> file you created...
>
> $ rm ~/.config/xserver-xgl/disable
>
> ...and again logout/login or reboot.
>
> hth
>
> -d
>
>   
Thanks,
Mark

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Ubuntu 7.10 (gutsy), Kernel: Linux 2.6.22-14-generic
Dual Intel(R) Pentium(R) CPU 3.4 GHz
2.2 GB Memory, ATI Radeon X300 Graphics card