I had a look at the development mail archive for lyx, and in late sept they identified the problem but AFAIK, have not yet fixed it.
** Changed in: lyx (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
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lyx 1.5 extremely slow on Gutsy
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/136632
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