I'm also experiencing slow output. Scrolling any terminal surface causes instant 100% utilization of one processor core. I haven't noticed any display corruption though.
some system info: rafal@arnica:~$ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 11.10 Release: 11.10 Codename: oneiric rafal@arnica:~$ uname -a Linux arnica 3.0.0-14-generic #23-Ubuntu SMP Mon Nov 21 20:28:43 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux rafal@arnica:~$ cat /proc/driver/nvidia/version NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 280.13 Wed Jul 27 16:53:56 PDT 2011 GCC version: gcc version 4.6.1 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.1-9ubuntu3) rafal@arnica:~$ cat /proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0/information Model: Quadro NVS 140M It's bothering me so much I'm considering using gprof to investigate it. As far as I understand it, I'd have to compile each piece of relevant software from source with special options to get meaningful output, starting from gnome-terminal and then digging into libraries. Is this correct? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/850649 Title: gnome-terminal extremely slow and display buggy To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-terminal/+bug/850649/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs