Package: xscreensaver
Version: 5.36-1
Severity: normal
Dear Maintainer,
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After upgrading to nvidia-driver 384.111, I've noticed that after the X
server has been running for a few days, running xscreensaver can
sometimes slow down enormously, taking more than 1 minute just to
respond to a keystroke and bring up a dialog box to unlock.
At those times, getting into the system with ssh shows Xorg is at 100%
of CPU (for one core).
None of the other graphics-intensive applications, like flightgear or
playing videos in full screen mode, show any such problem on the system.
This also happens when running the Preview in xscreensaver-demo (for full
screen mode) but do not happen when xscreensaver-demo is NOT in full
screen mode.
These are the versions of nvidia-driver and xserver-xorg-core in use:
ii nvidia-driver 384.111-1 i386
NVIDIA metapackage
ii xserver-xorg-core 2:1.19.6-1 i386
Xorg X server - core server
When this slowdown happens, getting out of X Windows and restarting X
fixes the problem (for a few days). Note that the system boots in
console mode and X is started manually, so this is not the same as
rebooting the system.
[I realize this could be a problem with the nvidia driver or with the X
server but since xscreensaver is the only graphics application showing
this behavior, it seemed the logical place to start.]
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-- System Information:
Debian Release: buster/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 4.7.0-1-686-pae (SMP w/6 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
(ignored: LC_ALL set to C), LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
(ignored: LC_ALL set to C)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init)
Versions of packages xscreensaver depends on:
ii libatk1.0-0 2.26.1-2
ii libc6 2.26-2
ii libcairo2 1.15.10-1
ii libfontconfig1 2.12.6-0.1
ii libfreetype6 2.8.1-1
ii libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 2.36.11-1
ii libglade2-0 1:2.6.4-2+b1
ii libglib2.0-0 2.54.3-1
ii libgtk2.0-0 2.24.32-1
ii libice6 2:1.0.9-2
ii libpam0g 1.1.8-3.6
ii libpango-1.0-0 1.40.14-1
ii libpangocairo-1.0-0 1.40.14-1
ii libpangoft2-1.0-0 1.40.14-1
ii libsm6 2:1.2.2-1+b3
ii libx11-6 2:1.6.4-3
ii libxext6 2:1.3.3-1+b2
ii libxi6 2:1.7.9-1
ii libxinerama1 2:1.1.3-1+b3
ii libxml2 2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1
ii libxmu6 2:1.1.2-2
ii libxpm4 1:3.5.12-1
ii libxrandr2 2:1.5.1-1
ii libxrender1 1:0.9.10-1
ii libxt6 1:1.1.5-1
ii libxxf86vm1 1:1.1.4-1+b2
ii xscreensaver-data 5.36-1
Versions of packages xscreensaver recommends:
ii libgnomeui-0 2.24.5-3.2
ii libjpeg-turbo-progs 1:1.5.2-2+b1
pn perl5 <none>
ii wamerican [wordlist] 2017.08.24-1
Versions of packages xscreensaver suggests:
ii chromium [www-browser] 62.0.3202.89-1
ii firefox [www-browser] 59.0~b4-1
ii firefox-esr [www-browser] 52.6.0esr-2
ii fortune-mod [fortune] 1:1.99.1-7+b1
pn gdm3 | kdm-gdmcompat <none>
ii google-chrome-stable [www-browser] 48.0.2564.116-1
ii konqueror [www-browser] 4:17.08.3-2
ii midori [www-browser] 0.5.11-ds1-4+b1
ii opera [www-browser] 12.16.1860
ii opera-developer [www-browser] 46.0.2573.0
ii opera-next [www-browser] 12.16.1860
pn qcam | streamer <none>
ii qupzilla [www-browser] 2.2.5~dfsg1-1
ii vivaldi-snapshot [www-browser] 1.15.1104.3-1
ii vivaldi-stable [www-browser] 1.14.1077.50-1
ii w3m [www-browser] 0.5.3-35
pn xdaliclock <none>
ii xemacs21-mule [www-browser] 21.4.24-4
pn xfishtank <none>
ii xscreensaver-data-extra 5.36-1
ii xscreensaver-gl 5.36-1
ii xscreensaver-gl-extra 5.36-1
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