[kwin] [Bug 381471] High GPU load causing heat and battery drain

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=381471 --- Comment #4 from gr...@sub.red --- Created attachment 106236 --> https://bugs.kde.org/attachment.cgi?id=106236=edit intel-gpu-overlay plasma vs gnome Yeah, plasmashell was running, not what I meant by "no window". Attached are screenshots from

[kwin] [Bug 381471] High GPU load causing heat and battery drain

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=381471 --- Comment #3 from Martin Flöser --- I doubt the "no window" - there was probably plasma running, which means at least two windows (desktop and panel). So next test would be to kill plasmashell. -- You are receiving this mail

[kwin] [Bug 381471] High GPU load causing heat and battery drain

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=381471 --- Comment #2 from gr...@sub.red --- Thanks for your hint. When the effect is enabled, the entire screen is flickering in colours, so redrawn every frame. Not a single window was open during this test. I tried disabling V-Sync, which only introduced

[kwin] [Bug 381471] High GPU load causing heat and battery drain

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=381471 --- Comment #1 from Martin Flöser --- You can try to activate the "Show Paint" effect in KWin to see whether there are constant redraws. If that's the case you can try to identify which window is causing the redraws. -- You are