I had the same problem, even switching tabs in firefox took a whole second. I used 2.6.30-rc3 (just for being newer than rc2) from:
http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v2.6.30-rc3/ ... and it fixed the problem without any further changes. using: Integrated Graphics Chipset: Intel(R) Mobile IntelĀ® GM45 Express Chipset, ubuntu 9.04, acer extensa 5230 -- [i945 tiling] Low performance due to no A17 workaround https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/349992 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs