[Desktop-packages] [Bug 973506] Re: Huge processor's loading by Xorg process when nvidia proprietary drivers installed

2012-12-02 Thread Brian Neal
I'm running 310 now, and the differences between it and 304 are slight at best. Unity seems sluggish. Resizing windows is slow. For example, if I resize a terminal window and let go of the mouse, it takes a good 2-3 seconds before the window resizes. A large CPU spike is seen when this happens. -

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 973506] Re: Huge processor's loading by Xorg process when nvidia proprietary drivers installed

2012-11-20 Thread Brian Neal
I have to agree with you though, Firefox runs much worse than Chrome does on my system. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/973506 Title: Huge processor's l

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 973506] Re: Huge processor's loading by Xorg process when nvidia proprietary drivers installed

2012-11-20 Thread Brian Neal
The bug sure seemed like an nVidia issue to me, especially with the older GPU 8400M GS I have. I didn't even have Firefox running. Switching between windows, moving windows, operating menus produced huge large spikes in CPU utilization. I have since switched to the Ubuntu-x-swat PPA as the source o