I just discovered that (in Jaunty), changing the acceleration method to UXA considerably reduces the impact of this bug (the above sequence only takes about 3 seconds now).
I'm going to try the Karmic image soon. -- Changing desktop background eats up all available CPU time https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/376030 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs