Screen saver fails to load under Compiz after upgrade to 8.10

[EzNet]

After upgrade to 8.10 from 8.04 (update-manager -d), screensaver fails to load if Compiz is running. While in Compiz, Xorg shoots up to 50% CPU usage for about 30 secs every few minutes, before returning to its normal 2-3% consumption. When I load Metacity instead of Compiz, the issues disappear - i.e. Xorg consumption stays low and continuous and gnome-screensaver loads as it should.

~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu intrepid (development branch)
Release: 8.10
~$ uname -a
Linux eznet-mobile 2.6.27-5-generic #1 SMP Fri Oct 3 00:36:38 UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux

nVidia Driver version: 177.76

[EzNet (zeroezezero)]

Unchecking "Undirect Fullscreen Windows" under Compiz general settings got me back up and running - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz/+bug/159263

[wizard10000 (wizard10000)]

Obligatory "me too" post. EzNet's solution worked for me as well - on two machines.