[ubuntu-za] Ubuntu 11.10 disappointment

[Quintin van Rooyen]

On Dec 19, 2011 10:01 AM, "Jan Greeff" <jan at verslank.net> wrote:
>
> Hi Wesley, the problem recurred 30 minutes after booting on the drive
with 11.10. It MAY have co-incided with the opening of Skype...
>

Hi Jan.

When it slows down, what does the output op TOP tell you?

You can also install htop which gives you a cleaner output.

If you think skypevis the issue, launch it while running top or htop in a
terminal and look for memory/cpu hogs.

I had a previous (older) install where pulseaudio would run away with the
CPU after Skype has been running for a while.
>
>
>> Hi Jan
>>
>> i assume your older 11.04 also runs _unity_ and fine?
>>
>> In addition to Andre's advice, check your swap is online too. Use 'sudo
swapon -s' in a terminal for this (no output means no swap).
>>
>> As your previous install is fine we can eliminate hardware (for now,
unless a driver issue in the new install is involved).
>>
>> Doesn't Unity require hw acceleration? Im not too sure if it has a
software fallback, so if 'classic' Gnome runs fine, then Unity is the issue.
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: "Andre Rossouw"<andre at arnet.co.za>
>> Sender:ubuntu-za-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com
>> Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2011 07:25:52
>> To:<jan at verslank.net>; Ubuntu South African Local Community<
ubuntu-za at lists.ubuntu.com>
>> Reply-To:andre at arnet.co.za,
>>        Ubuntu South African Local Community<ubuntu-za at lists.ubuntu.com>
>> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-za] Ubuntu 11.10 disappointment
>>
>> Sorry for the top-posting, my phone does not allow me to edit the
message body :S
>>
>> Check the disk speed and the health of the disk you have 11.10 installed
on. From your message, it appears they are different disks?
>>
>> Regards
>> ------Original Message------
>> From: Jan Greeff
>> Sender:ubuntu-za-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com
>> To: Ubuntu South African Local Community
>> ReplyTo:jan at verslank.net
>> ReplyTo: Ubuntu South African Local Community
>> Subject: [ubuntu-za] Ubuntu 11.10 disappointment
>> Sent: Dec 17, 2011 22:12
>>
>> Hi there, some comments will be appreciated, please.
>>
>> I have upgraded to Ubuntu 11.10, now my computer is running like an old
>> woman trying to find out whether she can make better headway on crutches
>> or a wheelchair.  When I boot on the drive where my old 11.04 is,
>> everything is fine.
>>
>> I ran the gnome session fallback command and selected gnome classic,
>> could this be the cause? The classic option on this version is also much
>> different from the old one and very frustrating to work with.
>>
>> Jan
>>
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