Fedora floating screensaver stutters

[Thomas J. Baker]

On Wed, 2006-01-25 at 21:38 +1030, n0dalus wrote: 
> Hi,
> 
> Since FC doesn't come with much 3d hardware acceleration support, is
> it a bit too much to assume that computers will be able to run the
> default screensaver? I have a very good computer and it is still very
> jerky when running the screensaver. I'm sure installing Nvidia/Radeon
> drivers would fix this but since Fedora doesn't come with them, I
> think we should either work to make the screensaver faster, or choose
> a different default for FC5.
> 
> What do other people think about this? Do other people experience this slowness?
> 
> n0dalus.
> 


I do notice that with the default screensaver, every time I unlock my
laptop the CPU is pinned and cpuspeed is 100%, all due to the screen
saver. I know I can switch it to just blank (and do) but it seems like
it's a bit to resource heavy as a default. It may be saving my screen
but it's not saving my battery!

tjb
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