Re: kubuntu 12.04 performance deterioration

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Author: James Mcphee
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To: Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Re: kubuntu 12.04 performance deterioration
Standard system troubleshooting would be a good place to start. What is
your IO and CPU like? Are you swapping to disk a lot? Do you have any
obvious errors in /var/log/messages? Do some of your processes consume an
inordinate amount of memory? etc etc

On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 3:34 PM, <> wrote:

>
> After installing the latest version of kubuntu on my thinkpad,
> it started out working fairly well, but performance gradually
> deteriorated horribly. I've tried every "fix" I could find on
> the net, but every time I get something fixed, something else
> goes haywire. Many things to like about kubuntu (i.e. suspend
> actually works) ... but, every time I logout/in or reboot, it
> something goes wrong.
>
> Firefox was working fine, but after closing the lid (to suspend)
> and later opening the lid again, Firefox will not start at all.
> Both Konqueror and rekonq also are flaky and they also will
> hardly work at all. Very, very slow, jerky, and locking up.
>
> What can I do to get this fixed and stablized?
>
> PS: Like lots of other people whose notes I have seen, I "HATE"
> the cashew and all that stupid "activities" business, but as far
> as I know, KDE is the only desktop interface that allows multiple
> virtual desktops with different backgrounds on each one.
>
> Or is there some other option?
>
>
>
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