[ubuntu-in] Edgy too slow on new computer

[Aniruddha Shankar]

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Aniruddha Shankar wrote:
> Usha wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I am not very familiar with gnu/linux. But, I used to run an earlier
>> version of ubuntu and i was happy with it.
> 
>> Recenlty, I bought a new computer (SATA hard disk, AMD-64 bit, My main
>> board is ASUS A8-VM).
> 
>> On this system I installed the new ubuntu edgy (32 bit). I had no
>> problems during the installation. But now, everything is really slow
>> and it takes minutes to scroll up a page.  Assuming the problem could
>> be with GNOME, I tried running KDE and found that it was still slow.
> 
>> Please Help!
>> Thanks!!
> 
> I recommend that you do *not* use the 64bit version of Edgy if you want
> to view things like webpages with flash - the last time I tried to do
> so, I ran into several problems. In any case, the system you mention
> should not be slow at all as I have an AMD64 based system with PATA hard
> drives that is not slow at all.
> 
> My guess would be:
> 
> a) the SATA hard drives are not being recognised properly or DMA on them
> is not enabled.
> b) there is some other low-level hardware configuration error.
> 
> 
> to find out what the problems is, you should report the following
> information to us. All commands should be run from the console.
> 
> 1. Information about your hardware:
> 
> $ sudo lspci -v
> 
> 2. Information about how Ubuntu has recognised your hardware:
> 
> $ sudo dmesg
> 
> 3. Information about your CPU
> 
> $ sudo cat /proc/cpuinfo
> 
> 4. Information about your hard disk
> 
> $ sudo apt-get install smartmontools
> $ sudo smartctl -a /dev/sda (replace sda with the name of your hard
> disk, if appropriate)
> 
> 5. Information about how your disk is partitioned
> 
> $ sudo fdisk -l
> 
> 6. Information about your BIOS
> 
> $ sudo dmidecode
> 
> cheers,
> 
> Aniruddha Shankar
Oh, and forgot this one:

7. information about whether DMA is activated on your hard disk

$ sudo hdparm -i /dev/hda
$ sudo hdparm /dev/hda
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