Xorg.bin using 100% CPU on Leap 16.0 (might be related to Kontact / KMail?)

System becomes unresponsive to key presses and mouse clicks (but mouse pointer still moves) for a few minutes. Not predictable, but seems to occur when working with emails in KMail, e.g. selecting a different message. Keeping top running in a Konsole shows Xorg.bin using 100% or e.g. 99.94% of CPU (once I can actually switch to the Konsole window!). Tell me what info you need for troubleshooting: for starters, here’s System Info:
Operating System: openSUSE Leap 16.0 [*see note below]
KDE Plasma Version: 6.4.2
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.16.0
Qt Version: 6.9.1
Kernel Version: 6.12.0-160000.37-default (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
Processors: 16 × AMD Ryzen 7 5700G with Radeon Graphics
Memory: 32 GiB of RAM (30.7 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon Graphics
Manufacturer: PCSpecialist
Product Name: AMD Performance Mini
System Version: Default string-CF

*fully up to date: uname -r gives 6.12.0-160000.37-default.

Kontact: 6.4.3 (25.04.3)
KDE Frameworks: 6.16.0
Qt: Using 6.9.1 and built against 6.9.1
openSUSE Leap 16.0 (Xcb)
Build ABI: x86_64-little_endian-lp64
Kernel: linux 6.12.0-160000.37-default

Hope this rough edge on Leap 16.0 (or perhaps it’s down in the graphics subsystem?) can soon be smoothed out. Let me know if you need further details.

Kind regards.

Did you try to switch to Wayland at the login manager?

Thanks, hui - I didn’t know that was possible, but [note to self] I’ve now
found the option, bottom left of the login screen next to Virtual Keyboard,
and I am running Wayland.

I’ll report back in a few days as to whether the system is behaving nicely or
not. Good tip.

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