Are there known problems with severe slowdowns with the PAE Kern? If that's a pretty good contender to being the problem I will wipe the machine in a heartbeat.
Sent from my Desire HD running CM7 On Oct 18, 2011 1:33 PM, "Dave Morley" <davm...@davmor2.co.uk> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 18/10/11 13:31, Kris Douglas wrote: > > On 18 October 2011 13:08, Simon Greenwood <sfgreenw...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > >> > >> > >> On 18 October 2011 12:49, Kris Douglas <krisdoug...@gmail.com> > >> wrote: > >>> > >>> Hello, I use Ubuntu in the workplace, I am having a problem > >>> with it at the moment that is beginning to drive me a bit mad. > >>> > >>> I have upgraded to the latest version this week, and I am > >>> seeing graphical artefacts every so often, which is new, but > >>> they do go away after I have logged in. The worst problem I am > >>> having, is after around 6-10 hours of use, the system begins to > >>> run slowly, and by that I mean the interface becomes a lot less > >>> responsive, etc. > >>> > >>> I have tried downgrading and upgrading my Nvidia 9600GT card's > >>> drivers and it has had little effect. > >>> > >>> This is denting my productivity now and I was wondering if > >>> anyone had a solution to the problem I am experiencing? > >>> > >> > >> Which architecture are you using? Which drivers are you using at > >> the moment? Does the system seem to start to labour? Does the GPU > >> fan spin up? Open a command line and run top, is anything taking > >> a lot of CPU? I had similar problems on my Dell XPS M1330 running > >> 64-bit a couple of years ago and while never getting to the > >> bottom of the problem apart from identifying it as something to > >> do with java and flash in Firefox, the usable solution was to run > >> 32-bit with PAE. > > > > > > I am running 32 bit with PAE, 6GB RAM, 9600GT running NVidia > > 280.13 > > > > Latest version of Ubuntu running Unity 3D, same problem happened > > with gnome 2. > > > > Happens if I have programs open or not, there are no rogue > > processes and no excessive memory usage when the slowdown occurs. > > > > > > > It maybe an issue with the pae kernel have you though about trying > 64bit at all? > > - -- > You make it, I'll break it! > > I love my job :) > http://www.ubuntu.com > http://www.canonical.com > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAk6dcgIACgkQT5xqyT+h3Og4EQCglnB92zu6YdN59n/quOwmv29l > FkcAn1RoVsVtjGfIrcKDWcljPTA8qQE3 > =pUUB > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ >
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