Launcher tooltips and context menu are slow

[Edwin Pujols]

When hovering the pointer around the Unity Launcher icons, the tooltips (with the app name) load quite slowly, half a second or so before it's drawn on screen.

Also if I right-click on the Launcher icons, the context menu lags, too. The bigger the area of the context menu, the longer it takes to be shown on screen.

This manifests on Intel 945GM graphics, with Core Duo.

BTW, the elements which use "Active Blur" are drawn quite slowly and freeze the display while being drawn, too. (I read the related bug report, but after adding -proposed and upgrading the bug kept manifesting, I kind of solved it by deactivating Active Blur via Unity Tweak Tool).

Not sure if this is a duplicate or if I am reporting against the appropriate package, please correct me.

Description: Ubuntu Saucy Salamander (development branch)
Release: 13.10

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: unity 7.1.0+13.10.20130829.1-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-4.9-generic 3.11.0-rc7
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-4-generic i686
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:

ApportVersion: 2.12.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CompositorRunning: compiz
CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0'
CompositorUnredirectFSW: true
Date: Sun Sep 1 15:16:24 2013
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: saucy
DistroVariant: ubuntu
GraphicsCard:
 Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:27a2] (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:30a2]
   Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:30a2]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-08-31 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Alpha i386 (20130830)
MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP Compaq nx7400 (GF451LA#ABM)
MarkForUpload: True
PccardctlIdent:
 Socket 0:
   no product info available
PccardctlStatus:
 Socket 0:
   no card
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.11.0-4-generic root=UUID=cab2c6d5-2bf8-4db8-ba85-daaf28b1afec ro quiet splash
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 12/18/2006
dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.bios.version: 68YGU Ver. F.0A
dmi.board.name: 30A2
dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.board.version: KBC Version 40.17
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: CNU7111JLR
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvr68YGUVer.F.0A:bd12/18/2006:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPCompaqnx7400(GF451LA#ABM):pvrF.0A:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn30A2:rvrKBCVersion40.17:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvr:
dmi.product.name: HP Compaq nx7400 (GF451LA#ABM)
dmi.product.version: F.0A
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.10+13.10.20130828.2-0ubuntu1
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.46-1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 9.2-1ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 9.2-1ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.14.2.901-2ubuntu4
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.3-0ubuntu3.1
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.2.0-0ubuntu4
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.21.14-4ubuntu3
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.9-2ubuntu1
xserver.bootTime: Sun Sep 1 08:02:48 2013
xserver.configfile: default
xserver.errors:

xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.outputs: Output XMIR-1 XMIR-2
xserver.version: 2:1.14.2.901-2ubuntu4
xserver.video_driver: intel

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Christopher Townsend (townsend)]

This sounds like a duplicate of bug #1222602. Could you please try the workaround in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mesa/+bug/1222602/comments/6? If that does address this issue, then we'll dup this bug to that one.

Thanks!

[Edwin Pujols (edwinpm5)]

Yes, sorry for not posting sooner. The workaround works perfectly. This is a dup :)