Been a while, guys. I haven't had this issue since forever, so this has been fixed in the pipeline. If anyone still has a problem on a newer version of Ubuntu (11.10, 12.04, etc), please just report a new bug. Closing.
** Changed in: nvidia-settings (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/574069 Title: [Lucid] Loading nvidia-settings hurts compiz performance To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-settings/+bug/574069/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs