I also have had this problem, stopping the mentioned GNOME components didn't solve the problem, although it did bring the X server CPU usage down from about 50% to about 20%. I have an IBM ThinkPad X32, with a "ATI Radeon Mobility M6 LY (AGP)" 16MB.
-- upgrade to 2:1.2.99.2-0ubuntu1 makes session utterly slow https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/307306 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-desktop in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs