This happens to me too... Everytime I change a background. 15 second freeze. And I'm using the 173.14.20 nVidia driver. The newer ones do it too, just I find the older one more stable.
-- Changing background in gnome-appearance-properties locks entire desktop for 10 seconds https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/357029 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