> Do you have Unredirect Fullscreen Windows enabled? If so, does
enabling Sync to VBlank help?

I did have the former enabled, not the latter.  I've now tried with both
off and both on.  Not noticed a beneficial effect vis-a-vis this defect.

> These are in ccsm ...

Please note: Ubuntu does not include ccsm.  Users must install either
compizconfig-settings-manager or simple-ccsm.  I installed the former,
which is the one that I expect you meant.

NOW ... I do have some additional information.  I walked through EVERY
screensaver that comes with Hardy, using the preview window.  Braid
UNIQUELY and IMMEDIATELY caused both cores to be consumed.  Most
interestingly, even other high CPU usage screensavers, such as Helios,
demonstrated the following characteristic:

  Cpu0  :  8.6%us,  1.0%sy, 76.4%ni, 13.0%id,  0.0%wa,  0.3%hi,  0.7%si,  0.0%st
  Cpu1  : 12.7%us,  2.7%sy, 21.3%ni, 62.7%id,  0.0%wa,  0.0%hi,  0.7%si,  0.0%st

NOTICE that the vast majority of CPU consumption is niced.  BRAID
uniquely had all of its CPU in the user column, consuming both cores:

  Cpu0  : 99.7%us,  0.0%sy,  0.0%ni,  0.0%id,  0.0%wa,  0.0%hi,  0.3%si,  0.0%st
  Cpu1  : 84.2%us,  2.0%sy, 10.6%ni, 2.9%id,  0.0%wa,  0.0%hi,  0.3%si,  0.0%st

I could consistently recover the system by clicking on another
screensaver, and waiting the several minutes it would take for the
system to recognize the click.  From what I can see, this CPU
consumption is the immediate concern, and we can look into any memory
issues after it is resolved.

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braid screensaver crashes system with compiz activated
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