Re: [Eug-lug] Fwd: slow system

Fri, 21 Jan 2011 13:44:27 -0800

It could also be slowing down if the hard drive is more than 3 years old.  I've seen old drives like this bring an otherwise good working system to it's knees.


Bob C.

>>> Joseph Weston Morgan <morg...@efn.org> 1/21/2011 12:53 PM >>>


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slow system

Date:

Tue, 18 Jan 2011 18:03:09 -0800

From:

Joseph Weston Morgan <morg...@efn.org>

To:

euglug@euglug.org



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




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Is your Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick slow and sluggish? Make it run better.

By Vik ⋅ October 27, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Filed Under  10.10, amd64, kernel, lag, linux, maverick, meerkat, power, slow, sluggish, ubuntu, wget, x86

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 in Ubuntu Forums.

EDIT:Skip to updated instructions at the bottom.
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-



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-



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-



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/~



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-



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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