Comment 1 for bug 1204303

I've also noticed that running totem as described above fixes another newly discovered aspect of this bug, that my cursor on any terminal blinks inconsistently and that scrolling with my mouse wheel lags if I only scroll one notch at a time and that sometimes when I use the switch window shortcut, alt tab, it fails to switch.

To reiterate, playing audio with totem and with visual effects enabled in totem's preferences or playing a video with totem corrects all of the above.

Slight correction: if I play audio without visual effects enabled, the lag is only very slight whereas if I pause totem or don't run it at all, the lag can be up to about seven seconds provided that I don't move my mouse.