[Bug 793437] Re: Unusable Slowness In 2.6.38-8

2011-12-20 Thread Will H
I believe the previous posters and their thought that the problem stems from the kernel. I have tried the latest Fedora, Linux Mint, and Debian distros. Fedora and Linux Mint (since it is derived from Ubuntu) both exhibit the same symptoms, but Debian did not (I believe because it doesn't use a ble

[Bug 793437] Re: Unusable Slowness In 2.6.38-8

2011-12-20 Thread Will H
Hello Carles, This is Will from post 100. My friend let me use his email address, but I suppose I should start using my own, hence the different account. I have an n51vn laptop, and yes I meant sleep mode. Your last statement is exactly what I do to put the system in a usable state. Thanks a bunch

[Bug 793437] Re: Unusable Slowness In 2.6.38-8

2011-12-14 Thread will H.
Hello! Thanks to Chad and John for you work in trying to fix this problem. I'm not sure if those of you who are trying to fix this problem will find the following information useful, but for the rest of you trying to get to a usable system, there is a temporary fix. When you load up the live CD (or