vte-0.36 fixes this painfully slow speed. The one-line fix (if you want to backport it to an older version) is at https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=721944#c4
** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #721944 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=721944 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to vte in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/423825 Title: gnome-terminal is sluggish when scrolling Status in “vte” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Binary package hint: gnome-terminal When using vi in gnome-terminal, scrolling one line down takes about one second, which is much too long. This is most apparent when the window is fullscreen. Also happens when using less. xterm does not have these problems. ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04 Package: gnome-terminal 2.26.0-0ubuntu2 ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-terminal Uname: Linux 2.6.30-020630rc5-generic i686 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vte/+bug/423825/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

