Hmm - after doing some more experiments - the high load on GPU seems to be pretty much the thing which make the problem visible.
Another interesting thing is - it's usually enough to just 'reload' the very same page in Firefox and the load goes down to ~1% and everything is ok. Also the kernel perf top doesn't seem to be showing anything interesting. And a side note - when intel_gpu_top is running - the laptop is actually giving some whistling noise not really pleasant for longterm usage ;).... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-intel in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1098334 Title: [gen4 sna] Font corruption in Chromium tab bar Status in X.org xf86-video-intel: In Progress Status in “xserver-xorg-video-intel” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: After enabling the SNA acceleration method and rebooting, I noticed that graphical glitches appeared in the letters on Chromium's tab bar during the mouse hover animation. I've attached a screenshot illustrating this, particularly with the letter "g" in the screenshot. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.7.0-7.15-generic 3.7.0 Uname: Linux 3.7.0-7-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.8-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 Date: Thu Jan 10 16:00:55 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-09-24 (107 days ago) InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120822.2) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: xorg UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2012-09-25 (107 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/1098334/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp