Ubuntu
xserver-xorg-video-intel package

  1. Bug #349992
  2. Comment #30

Comment 30 for bug 349992

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broe (erich-rupp) wrote : Re: [i945 tiling] Low performance due to no A17 workaround

I had the same problem, even switching tabs in firefox took a whole second. I used 2.6.30-rc3 (just for being newer than rc2) from:

http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v2.6.30-rc3/

... and it fixed the problem without any further changes.

using: Integrated Graphics Chipset: Intel(R) Mobile Intel® GM45 Express Chipset, ubuntu 9.04, acer extensa 5230