The upstream bug report isn't very clear about whether this is present in Mesa, the kernel, or in the X driver---and unfortunately doesn't link to any patches that indicate what actually needs fixing.
** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-i810 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium Status: Unconfirmed => Confirmed -- Google earth very slow on i915 https://launchpad.net/bugs/71364 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs