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-rw-r--r--kdesktop/lock/lockprocess.cc6
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/kdesktop/lock/lockprocess.cc b/kdesktop/lock/lockprocess.cc
index 5dbc4d152..7d853b0dc 100644
--- a/kdesktop/lock/lockprocess.cc
+++ b/kdesktop/lock/lockprocess.cc
@@ -872,7 +872,11 @@ void LockProcess::createSaverWindow()
info = glXGetVisualFromFBConfig(x11Display(), fbc[j]);
if( info ) {
if (argb_visual) {
- if (info->depth < 32) {
+ // Xorg can only use GPU compositing for ARGB32 8:8:8:8 visuals
+ // Ensure the selected visual is 8 bits per RGB
+ // Selecting a non-8-bit visual will result in stuttering and high
+ // CPU load, while Xorg tries to composite each frame on the CPU!
+ if ((info->depth < 32) || (info->bits_per_rgb != 8)) {
XFree( info );
info = NULL;
continue;