Unfortunately the same issue still persists on Ubuntu 11.10 with the proprietary drivers(173 or current versions ) and external monitor attached. Terribly slow.
The worst thing that nouvea driver doesn't work well yet for me on 11.10 with an external monitor due to some bug described here https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz/+bug/808677 I am afraid I will be forced to keep 11.04 for the next 6 months.... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/737454 Title: xorg high cpu usage with compiz while using top command; goes away when compiz is killed To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz/+bug/737454/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs