Forgot to say: yes, I was seeing those (occasional) hpet messages also, so might be worth trying hpet=disable appended to the kernel command line and seeing how this affects the performance under 2.6.32-21. hpet on some machines can apparently cause problems with dynticks due to buggy hardware.
** Also affects: linux Importance: Undecided Status: New -- [Lucid] Poor scrolling performance in browser (Firefox and Chrome, possibly others) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/562293 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