I tracked this down to the xgl server and my fglrx. I don't know if it occurs on non-fglrx systems or on all fglrx systems. A temporary fix until Ubuntu corrects this problem (PLEASE!!) is to:
(as root, however you get there ...) cd /etc/X11/Xsession.d mkdir SAVE mv ??xserver-xgl_start-server SAVE then log out and log back in, which, I believe, restarts your xserver. I ususally ctl-alt-f1 and login as root on that that terminal (I've given root a password so I can log in as root), and /etc/init.d/gdm restart The clue was noting gutsy had set DISPLAY to :1.0 which was the flag that the xservers were layered (? not certain I'm saying this right). And that I needed to STOP the layering. FWIW ... in another month or two rumors are that AMD/ATI will finally have fglrx able to handle the eye candy w/o the layered xserver kludge. -- Typing in text form in Firefox becomes very slow in Gutsy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/132053 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
