Package: xserver-xorg-core Version: 2:1.11.1.901-1 Severity: important A recent change in the X server caused a massive performance hit to programs using cairo (so every GTK program and firefox), when running with the proprietary nvidia driver. I don't know if nouvau is affected.
See this xorg mailing list bug report for details: http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-devel/2011-October/026050.html A patch that reportedly works around the issue is provided in this thread: http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=166698&page=2 -- John Tsiombikas http://nuclear.mutantstargoat.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-x-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20111017122045.GA11297@neutrino.localdomain
