[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 877438] Re: [8xxx] Unity/compiz has sluggish performance on dual-head with nvidia driver

Have been reminded of this bug, and thought I'd post a follow-up on my own experiences. I noticed that my desktop would run smoothly at first, then once I had a few windows open, it went slow. I used the nvidia-smi utility to monitor the memory usage on the GPU, and noticed that as I opened more

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 877438] Re: [8xxx] Unity/compiz has sluggish performance on dual-head with nvidia driver

PS. On current desktop, with one browser (Chrome), Thunderbird, Pidgin, and six terminal windows, I'm using 400 MB of video memory. One could argue that this is excessive? It implies that you really need a minimum of 512 MB of video memory to use Compiz now.. -- You received this bug

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 877438] Re: [8xxx] Unity/compiz has sluggish performance on dual-head with nvidia driver

Still seems to effect multiple people. ** Changed in: nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu) Status: Expired = Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/877438

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 932781] Re: [xorg-edgers]Regression in the latest Nvidia 295.20 driver driver

This effects me on a nVidia Quadro FX 370 too. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/932781 Title: [xorg-edgers]Regression in the latest Nvidia 295.20 driver driver

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 877438] Re: Unity/compiz has sluggish performance on dual-head with nvidia driver

I see this problem on an nVidia Quadro FX 370 with two screens attached. (1920x1200 + 1280x1024) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/877438 Title: Unity/compiz has

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 877438] Re: Unity/compiz has sluggish performance on dual-head with nvidia driver

Forgot to mention, also tried version 290.10 of the drivers to no avail. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/877438 Title: Unity/compiz has sluggish performance on

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 877438] Re: Unity compiz plugin makes display slow on multi-screen

See also these bugs which may be related: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz/+bug/737454 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-terminal/+bug/850649 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers