resolved: Re: Poor Xorg performance in Etch

[Marty <martyb@ix.netcom.com>]

I found a reference to the problem here:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/81858

I tried the recommended solution and it seems to work:

  Potential Workaround (verified to help for some):
  Use Option "XaaNoOffscreenPixmaps"
  in your xorg.conf device section

It seems like a problem I hit before because I recalled reading this some months 
ago and may posted about it here.  I think it's the reason I initially avoided 
Firefox.  They call it a minor bug but it was a major problem for me.  I may 
have assumed at the time that Ubuntu bugs get passed upstream to Debian, but 
evidently not.