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Performance degradation

Asked by bbberto

Since the latest upgrade, my system performance has degraded significantly. Is there a way I can discover what's causing that? I am not a Linux expert but have been using Ubuntu for quite a while and have been very pleased with the performance until recently. Any ideas?

Thanks very much,

Bill Bertocchini

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Shane Fagan (shanepatrickfagan) said : 		#1

What version of ubuntu are you using?

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bbberto (bbberto) said : 		#2

I am using version 9.04. I just got the upgrade a couple of days ago,
and as usual installed it promptly since I've never had a problem with
that in the past. Now the system seems sluggish; windows open slower
than on Windows XP and boot up/shut down times have grown considerably
as well. If you need any system configuration information, please just
tell me what you need and how I can get it for you and I'll be happy to
provide it.

Thanks very much for your very prompt response!

Bill

-----Original Message-----
From: shane fagan <email address hidden>
Reply-to: <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: [Question #69395]: Performance degradation
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:35:36 -0000

Your question #69395 on Ubuntu changed:
https://answers.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/69395

    Status: Open => Needs information

shane fagan requested for more information:
What version of ubuntu are you using?

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Sam_ (and-sam) said : 		#3

Depending on lots of components, e.g.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/364804
http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes/904#Other%20known%20issues

Terminal commands for:
#Graphic Card:
lspci -nn | grep VGA

#Is Compiz running:
ps -ef | grep compiz

Reference:
http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes/904
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JauntyJackalope/TechnicalOverview
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Bugs/IntelDriver
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Bugs/Regression

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Sam_ (and-sam) said : 		#4

Depending on lots of components, e.g.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/364804
http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes/904#Other%20known%20issues

Terminal commands for:
#Graphic Card:
lspci -nn | grep VGA

#Is Compiz running:
ps -ef | grep compiz

Reference:
http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes/904
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JauntyJackalope/TechnicalOverview
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Bugs/IntelDriver
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Bugs/Regression

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Sam_ (and-sam) said : 		#5

gush, sorry for the double post, launchpad server told me to try again.

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Best Tom (tom6) said : 		#6

Err, it might just need a spring-clean. When you reboot you get a menu with lots of Ubuntu options? Choose the 2nd one as this should have "(recovery mode)" at the end of the line. This gives a few options such as "Clear some space" try them each out except the "fix x-server" unless you want to go back to defaults for your graphics. Also the "drop to root" is worth avoiding as it just takes you to a command-line. When you've done choose the "Continue with normal boot", i tend to do this about once a month

Good luck and regards from
Tom :)

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bbberto (bbberto) said : 		#7

Well, that kind of helped but not as much as I expected. I too do this about once a month and figured it might be the problem after installing 9.04. I get a persistent error from the menu about a file or package that needs to be 'updated' but nothing seems to fix that. apt-get indicates everything is fine as does the Update Manager so I'm kind of at a loss. Maybe it's finally time for me to look at some new disk hardware, although nothing indicates that I'm having a problem with any of my disks.

My system just seems sluggish - almost as bad as my daughters laptop that is running Vista. (I lied, nothing is that bad!). Everything works, but it's just slower than I'm used to with Ubuntu. A fresh install might be a good idea.

Thanks,

Bill

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Tom (tom6) said : 		#8

Ah well, maybe set up a fresh install as an addition to a dual-boot? This way you can gradually configure your 'new' to be set up roughly the same as your existing one and compare speeds. Eventually the 'old' one could be just useful as a /home partition?

Good luck and regards again from
Tom :)

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bbberto (bbberto) said : 		#9

Yes, that's kind of what I had in mind. I downloaded the iso file so I could do it from disk, as I did the original version. That went very cleanly and worked very well but the system slowly deteriorated as I installed upgrades via the web. Maybe I'll get lucky and this will give me my old speedy system back!

Thanks very much, Tom.

Bill

-----Original Message-----
From: <email address hidden> [mailto:<email address hidden>]On Behalf Of
Tom
Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 2:21 PM
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Subject: Re: [Question #69395]: Performance degradation

Your question #69395 on Ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/69395

Tom posted a new comment:
Ah well, maybe set up a fresh install as an addition to a dual-boot?
This way you can gradually configure your 'new' to be set up roughly the
same as your existing one and compare speeds. Eventually the 'old' one
could be just useful as a /home partition?

Good luck and regards again from
Tom :)

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