Unity works very sloooooow.

[Nicholas Shatokhin]

When I press Super button, dash will show only after 3-5 seconds.
If I press alt+tab, list of windows shows afret 5 seconds or more.
Pages in browser scrolls very slow. When I click on link, browser freezes on 10 seconds (sometimes more, sometimes less). It's in all browsers (FF, Chrome, Opera).
When I run gwibber (or some another program) I must wait more than 10 seconds while it loading.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: unity 4.12.0-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-10.16-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-10-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 280.13 Wed Jul 27 16:55:43 PDT 2011
 GCC version: gcc version 4.6.1 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.1-9ubuntu2)
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:

Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,gnomecompat,grid,imgpng,mousepoll,move,place,regex,resize,session,snap,unitymtgrabhandles,vpswitch,wall,thumbnail,animation,expo,ezoom,fade,scale,unityshell,workarounds]
CompositorRunning: compiz
Date: Fri Sep 9 21:49:54 2011
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: oneiric
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
 nvidia-current, 280.13, 3.0.0-10-generic, i686: installed
 nvidia-current, 280.13, 3.0.0-9-generic, i686: installed
GraphicsCard:
 nVidia Corporation G86 [GeForce 8600M GS] [10de:0425] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: LG Electronics, Inc. Device [1854:0094]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta i386 (20110901)
JockeyStatus:
 xorg:nvidia_173 - NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (Proprietary, Disabled, Not in use)
 xorg:nvidia_current-update - NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (post-release updates) (Proprietary, Disabled, Not in use)
 xorg:nvidia_current - NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (Proprietary, Enabled, Not in use)
 xorg:nvidia_173-update - NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (post-release updates) (Proprietary, Disabled, Not in use)
MachineType: LG Electronics R500-U.CP21R1
PccardctlIdent:
 Socket 0:
   no product info available
PccardctlStatus:
 Socket 0:
   no card
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=uk_UA.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.0.0-10-generic root=UUID=d1297443-a1be-403d-8941-167ab2a1acfa ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: unity
UnitySupportTest: Error: command ['/usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test', '-p', '-f'] failed with exit code -11:
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 08/29/2007
dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies LTD
dmi.bios.version: COLSSF10
dmi.board.name: COLUMBIA
dmi.board.vendor: LG Electronics
dmi.board.version: Not Applicable
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LG Electronics
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologiesLTD:bvrCOLSSF10:bd08/29/2007:svnLGElectronics:pnR500-U.CP21R1:pvrNotApplicable:rvnLGElectronics:rnCOLUMBIA:rvrNotApplicable:cvnLGElectronics:ct10:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: R500-U.CP21R1
dmi.product.version: Not Applicable
dmi.sys.vendor: LG Electronics
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.5.92+bzr2791-0ubuntu2
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.26-1ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.11-0ubuntu3
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.11-0ubuntu3
version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers N/A
version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+7ubuntu6
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.6.0-1ubuntu13
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.99~git20110811.g93fc084-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.15.901-1ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20110411+8378443-1

[wavesailor (wavesailor)]

I've upgraded from 10.10 to 11.10 and too find it sometimes extremely slow and unresponsive. Sometimes it kinda freezes although the hard-disk light flashes.This normally happens if I switch apps or open a new app etc. It's almost so bad I'm considering going back to 10.04.

My Laptop (Fujitsu LifeBook S7020) has the configuration:

    * Intel Pentium M Processor 725 1.6GHz
    * 1 gig memory
    * Intel Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller

I'm already using Unity-2D

[Nicholas Shatokhin (robotex)]

I think it is too much Python in Unity. Qt gives same speed of development but very fast.

[Omer Akram (om26er)]

Please add these two PPAs of Unity and Compiz respectively https://launchpad.net/~vanvugt/+archive/unity and https://launchpad.net/~vanvugt/+archive/compiz fully update your system through update-manager then reboot and let us know if that makes a difference for you.

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[wavesailor (wavesailor)]

HI Omer,

I have the latest updates installed via update manager but not via the PPA's you mentioned. Can you elaborate more on the PPA's you suggest we should install from?

Thanks.

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[no!chance (ralf-fehlau)]

Since Ubuntu14.04 graphics is very slow on

1. a VMware installation
2. on RS780 AMD graphics

On Ubuntu12.04 there was no problem, including watching movies with RS780 graphics. With Ubuntu14.04 it is impossible (too slow).