Xvnc hogs the CPU

[Alan Coopersmith]

Peter Åstrand wrote:
>>
>> Here's another strange bug, also found during TigerVNC Xvnc testing.
>> On Ubuntu 9.04 beta[*], after starting GNOME, Xvnc consumes all CPU it
>> can get.
> 
> I've found
> http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=1f4fb0225b278d1cf4145aebeb0bdd23dc8f62d5
> now, and the bugs that it references. The Fedora patch
> xserver-1.5.3-idletime-fix.patch solved my problem.
> 
> However, this fix is only on the 1.6 branch and trunk. Why not on the
> 1.5 branch? IMHO, it's quite a major bug if the server consumes 100% of
> the CPU whenever running with GNOME 2.25.X.

It's on the list for the next refresh of the 1.5 branch, if any more happen:
http://www.x.org/wiki/Server15Branch

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