I believe there was recently a change to the XGL packages to start it automatically if you installed it so it makes sense for this issue to turn up after some updates. I suspect that performance under XGL was always different to under native X but if you weren't actively using XGL you would not have noticed...
** Summary changed: - [Gutsy] nvidia driver 100.14.11 performances halved + [Gutsy] XGL halves nvidia driver 100.14.11 performance -- [Gutsy] XGL halves nvidia driver 100.14.11 performance https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/136650 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs