Bug#519221: libpixman-1-0: libpixman in testing (0.14.0) causes terminal to be unusably slow (with regression test)

[Soeren Sandmann <sandmann@daimi.au.dk>]

Arren Lex <arrenlex@gmail.com> writes:

> Thanks for your reply;
> 
> Two days ago I switched video cards with another computer, and I no
> longer see this problem. I will try to reproduce it on the other
> machine, or, at worst, switch the cards back for this test, but
> because of this there will be a slight delay before I can give you
> results.
> 
> Should I be doing anything in particular on my computer while this
> profiler runs? How long should I let it run before I click the profile
> button?

Just do the thing that was slow in the terminal. Letting it run for a
couple of thousand samples should be fine. Note that you'll need
debuginfo for both the server and pixman.

> Are there any other tests you want me to run while I have my old
> card?

I susepct the problem can be worked around by setting AccelMethod XAA
in xorg.conf; you may want to verify that.

Thanks,