scrolling in vim and less is slow and choppy

[Edwin Grubbs]

Binary package hint: gnome-terminal

In gnome-terminal under Maverick, if I open a file in vim or less and scroll down the file by holding down the "j" key, it is slow and choppy. If I do the same thing in an xterm, it scrolls quickly. This was not a problem in Lucid.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: gnome-terminal 2.32.0-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.33-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Oct 4 11:42:43 2010
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-terminal
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100426.1)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-terminal
XsessionErrors:
 (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:2728): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed
 (nautilus:2730): GConf-CRITICAL **: gconf_value_free: assertion `value != NULL' failed
 (gnome-display-properties:32292): Gtk-WARNING **: Ignoring the separator setting
 (gnome-display-properties:32292): Gtk-WARNING **: No object called:

[Tobias Wolf (towolf)]

Nvidia? If yes, driver problem, try Nvidia unstable driver. Available in x-swat driver PPA.

[Edwin Grubbs (edwin-grubbs)]

The problem went away. I assume this was fixed with the automatic update to the nvidia-current package from 256.53-0ubuntu3 to 260.19.06-0ubuntu1.