Did you try running top to see if there is some process hogging your cpu? On Jan 18, 2011 6:03 PM, "Joseph Weston Morgan" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 ? > Post a comment > < http://www.techgarten.com/ubuntu/ubuntu-1010-maverick-slow-sluggish-run/#comments > > > > *Filed Under* 10.10 <http://www.techgarten.com/tag/10-10/>, amd64 > <http://www.techgarten.com/tag/amd64/>, kernel > <http://www.techgarten.com/tag/kernel/>, lag > <http://www.techgarten.com/tag/lag/>, linux > <http://www.techgarten.com/tag/linux/>, maverick > <http://www.techgarten.com/tag/maverick/>, meerkat > <http://www.techgarten.com/tag/meerkat/>, power > <http://www.techgarten.com/tag/power/>, slow > <http://www.techgarten.com/tag/slow/>, sluggish > <http://www.techgarten.com/tag/sluggish/>, ubuntu > <http://www.techgarten.com/tag/ubuntu-2/>, wget > <http://www.techgarten.com/tag/wget/>, x86 > <http://www.techgarten.com/tag/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 > <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: > > 1 > 2 > 3 > > > > *<*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 > > 1 > 2 > > > > *<*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 > > 1 > 2 > 3 > > > > *<*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: > > 1 > 2 > > > > *<*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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