Since no one responded to Andrea's inquiry on 2015-01-17 and Ubuntu 12.10 is out of support, I'm going to surmise this was fixed somewhere along the way.
If it still does occur, we can either reopen this bug or open a new one. ** Changed in: unity Status: Incomplete => Fix Released ** Changed in: unity (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Fix Released ** Changed in: unity Milestone: 7.3.3 => None -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of DX Packages, which is subscribed to unity in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: dx-packages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1067547 Title: Unity in 12.10 becomes unusably slow after using Alt-Tab to switch between programs (nvidia) Status in Unity: Fix Released Status in unity package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: Not sure what else to say. On my laptop with a clean 12.10 installation everything works great. On my desktop with an Nvidia gts250 card (all available drivers in the repo) unity works fine, but after I use alt-tab to switch between applications, compiz memory usage rises (20, 50, 100mb, depends on... well, something?) and dash, all effects and even window dragging becomes unbearably slow. After I do a "unity --replace", everything is fine until I use alt-tab again. I can reproduce this as many times as I want. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: unity 6.8.0-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia .proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0' .proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: "" .proc.driver.nvidia.version: NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86 Kernel Module 304.51 Tue Sep 18 17:36:24 PDT 2012 GCC version: gcc version 4.7.2 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.7.2-2ubuntu1) .tmp.unity.support.test.0: ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu3 Architecture: i386 CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CompositorRunning: compiz Date: Wed Oct 17 01:12:10 2012 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: quantal DistroVariant: ubuntu DkmsStatus: nvidia-current-updates, 304.51, 3.5.0-17-generic, i686: installed GraphicsCard: NVIDIA Corporation G92 [GeForce GTS 250] [10de:0615] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device [1458:34c7] InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Beta i386 (20120926) MachineType: System manufacturer System Product Name ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-17-generic root=UUID=cad55f8d-5c9a-45ee-9ed1-a26e67b985ae ro quiet splash SourcePackage: unity UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 09/15/2009 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 0604 dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.board.name: M4A79XTD EVO dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC. dmi.board.version: Rev X.0X dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890 dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr0604:bd09/15/2009:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnM4A79XTDEVO:rvrRevX.0X:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion: dmi.product.name: System Product Name dmi.product.version: System Version dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.8.4-0ubuntu2 version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.39-0ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 9.0-0ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 9.0-0ubuntu1 version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers N/A version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.13.0-0ubuntu6 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.3-0ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.99.99~git20120913.8637f772-0ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.20.9-0ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.2-0ubuntu3 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/1067547/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages Post to : dx-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp