10-05-2014, 08:03 PM
Hello LL community, was so very excited to try Linux again - hoping this time would be a happiness. Sadly, no fun here...
The issue: It took 3 to 4 hours to install LL to my laptop, no matter what BIOS settings I try. It takes 20 to 30 minutes to boot into the OS from cold start. Once in, it takes minutes to open apps and play around with anything. Shutdowns are not possible, it goes through some dialog about quitting this and that, goes blank, then sits there indefinitely.
My solution attempts: Downloaded the ISO file twice to separate locations. Created a USB image 3 times using Win32DiskImager, onto 2 different thumb drives freshly formatted w/FAT32. Tried disabling every available hardware device possible in the BIOS. Took out HDD and booted into LL off USB stick only - still ultra slow, 40+ minutes... Ran an update of the software, which it did perform, taking another close to an hour - no change in slowness.
Attached is my system info file I managed to generate (25 minutes), so I won't duplicate the specs here again. The laptop is from Micron, and is technically a MPC TransPort X1000, which came with WinXP originally. It does run on Win 7, albeit slowly (but way faster than LL will go). The HDD is a different one I've put in for running LL exclusively, and checks out fine.
Perhaps I'm just not meant to enjoy the wonderful world of Linux, as this is my 4th attempt to use it in the last 10 years (all with issues, and on different systems). If I had to guess, it seems as if something is taking up CPU cycles and not allowing much else to have any. I did run the Resources program while in LL, and the CPU shows 100% in red color bars, but the number of running processes is 4 to 5 - and the percentages of usage don't add up to 100. Anyway, I'm at a loss as to what to try next. Driver???
I hope it's something simple, and I apologize up front for my lack of Linux knowledge - been a MS dude all these years going back to DOS. Would like to begin learning Linux and becoming comfortable with it, but not if it runs slower than molasses for me. I appreciate any help that can be given in solving this severe slowness. I look forward to trying any suggestions, or giving more info if needed. Thank you...
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The issue: It took 3 to 4 hours to install LL to my laptop, no matter what BIOS settings I try. It takes 20 to 30 minutes to boot into the OS from cold start. Once in, it takes minutes to open apps and play around with anything. Shutdowns are not possible, it goes through some dialog about quitting this and that, goes blank, then sits there indefinitely.
My solution attempts: Downloaded the ISO file twice to separate locations. Created a USB image 3 times using Win32DiskImager, onto 2 different thumb drives freshly formatted w/FAT32. Tried disabling every available hardware device possible in the BIOS. Took out HDD and booted into LL off USB stick only - still ultra slow, 40+ minutes... Ran an update of the software, which it did perform, taking another close to an hour - no change in slowness.
Attached is my system info file I managed to generate (25 minutes), so I won't duplicate the specs here again. The laptop is from Micron, and is technically a MPC TransPort X1000, which came with WinXP originally. It does run on Win 7, albeit slowly (but way faster than LL will go). The HDD is a different one I've put in for running LL exclusively, and checks out fine.
Perhaps I'm just not meant to enjoy the wonderful world of Linux, as this is my 4th attempt to use it in the last 10 years (all with issues, and on different systems). If I had to guess, it seems as if something is taking up CPU cycles and not allowing much else to have any. I did run the Resources program while in LL, and the CPU shows 100% in red color bars, but the number of running processes is 4 to 5 - and the percentages of usage don't add up to 100. Anyway, I'm at a loss as to what to try next. Driver???
I hope it's something simple, and I apologize up front for my lack of Linux knowledge - been a MS dude all these years going back to DOS. Would like to begin learning Linux and becoming comfortable with it, but not if it runs slower than molasses for me. I appreciate any help that can be given in solving this severe slowness. I look forward to trying any suggestions, or giving more info if needed. Thank you...
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