Ubuntu is so slow
Rich Rudnick
rich at aphroneo.net
Fri Mar 21 20:07:32 UTC 2008
OOzy Pal wrote:
> Hello,
>
> My box started to be very slow. When I click on an icon, it take about
> 45 seconds for program to show up on the screen. My hard drive blinks
> every once and awhile during the 45s not steady blinking or on.
>
> Any help?
>
Another suggestion, if the symptoms are: programs take forever to open,
but run normally when open.
This usually happens when there's a problem with the hostname.
1. cat /etc/hostname , make sure it's the hostname you want
2. cat /etc/hosts, there should be a line with 127.0.1.1 <hostname>
where hostname is the same as what's in hostname /etc/hostname.
3. type hostname in a terminal, it should match the previous two.
hostname should be a single word, like mybox , with no domain.
If the three things above are not the same hostname, edit /etc/hostname
and /etc/hosts to match as described above, then run sudo hostname
<hostname> . Should set you straight.
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