further testing on my setup shows that the bug triggerability is
dependent on graphics load, since nvidia xrender performance
ispoormultiple firefox sessions, vmware screens, terminal server
screens, all seem to do the trick. Moving the mouse quickly across the
gpu boundary with no load wi
confirmed and killing my productivity...
this may be helpful in tracking it down.
system specs:
Ubuntu 8.10
Intel Q6600 @ 3.2Ghz
Asus P5E WS Pro Mainboard
8GB ram
2 x Nvidia 8600GTS (177.80 drivers)
Screen setup: 3 screens, each a separate x session all merged with
xinerama, arranged from left
confirmed on x86 8.04 to 8.10 beta upgrade
gedit takes very long (30 seconds +) to open directly or by double
clicking an icon in nautilus. During this time gedit spikes one CPU to
100% usage.
disabling the "File Browser" plugin removes the problem, startup is near
instant.
no helpful output fr