My system is slowing to a crawl. I have gone through the forums and
have found that updating the kernel can solve the problem. If I don't
do this right, could it screw up my entire system? I am running Ubuntu
10.10. I have 30 GB unused disk space and 500MB of ram.
Wes Morgan
Is your Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick slow and sluggish? Make it run better.
By Vik <http://www.techgarten.com/author/admin/> ? October 27, 2010 ?
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I recently installed the latest (10.10) version of Ubuntu. My oh my. Its
really unpolished under the hood to say the least. Loved the new font,
love the background. But, as soon as I started using it on full power
(Firefox with 30+ tabs, Compiz), it just borked. I experienced 15 second
lags and it was a wholly unhappy experience. Searching through the
forums proved that I wasn't the only one who was suffering. Aware of the
fact that a re-install of 10.04 would cost me hours, I was sure there
was a solution out there. Thats when I stumbled across this post
<http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=9962335&postcount=93> in Ubuntu
Forums.
*EDIT:*Skip to updated instructions at the bottom
<http://www.techgarten.com/ubuntu/ubuntu-1010-maverick-slow-sluggish-run/#updatedStable>.
Upgrade your kernel to *2.6.36-rc7* kernel, and you're going to see a
considerable improvement. Instructions as follows:
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*<*del datetime="2010-10-26T18:54:00+00:00"*>**sudo* *su* -
*cd* */*
*wget* http:*//*kernel.ubuntu.com*/*~kernel-ppa*/*mainline*/*v2.6.36-rc7-
<http://kernel.ubuntu.com/%7Ekernel-ppa/mainline/v2.6.36-rc7->
maverick*/*linux-headers-2.6.36-020636rc7_2.6.36-020636rc7.201010070908_all.deb*</*del*>*
For x64
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*<*del datetime="2010-10-26T18:54:00+00:00"*>**wget*
http:*//*kernel.ubuntu.com*/*~kernel- <http://kernel.ubuntu.com/%7Ekernel->
ppa*/*mainline*/*v2.6.36-rc7-maverick*/*linux-headers-2.6.36-020636rc7-generic_
2.6.36-020636rc7.201010070908_amd64.deb
*wget*
http:*//*kernel.ubuntu.com*/*~kernel-ppa*/*mainline*/*v2.6.36-rc7-maverick*/*linux-
<http://kernel.ubuntu.com/%7Ekernel-ppa/mainline/v2.6.36-rc7-maverick/linux->
image-2.6.36-020636rc7-generic_2.6.36-020636rc7.201010070908_amd64.deb*</*del*>*
For x86
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*<*del datetime="2010-10-26T18:54:00+00:00"*>**wget*
http:*//*kernel.ubuntu.com*/* <http://kernel.ubuntu.com/>~
kernel-ppa*/*mainline*/*v2.6.36-rc7-maverick*/*linux-headers-2.6.36-020636rc7-
generic_2.6.36-020636rc7.201010070908_i386.deb
*wget* http:*//*kernel.ubuntu.com*/*~kernel-ppa*/*mainline*/*v2.6.36-rc7-
<http://kernel.ubuntu.com/%7Ekernel-ppa/mainline/v2.6.36-rc7->
maverick*/*linux-image-2.6.36-020636rc7-generic_2.6.36-020636rc7.201010070908_i386.deb
*dpkg* -i
linux-headers-2.6.36-020636rc7_2.6.36-020636rc7.201010070908_all.deb*</*del*>*
And, to end, depending on which version you've downloaded, change the
following code to suit your needs:
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*<*del datetime="2010-10-26T18:54:00+00:00"*>**dpkg* -i
linux-headers-2.6.36-020636rc7
-generic_2.6.36-020636rc7.201010070908_amd64.deb
*dpkg* -i linux-image-2.6.36-020636rc7-generic_2.6.36-020636rc7.
201010070908_i386.deb*</*del*>*
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