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Hi clementc.

I don't think its just the snaps. I ran snap list and it only lists core and welcome packages:



~$ snap list
Name Version Rev Tracking Publisher ...

Hi all,

Recently installed 18.04 and it seems the start time for apps on first launch after a reboot or startup is excessively long. But if I close said apps and start them again its all good.
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From your top results it seems Xorg and compiz are using up a lot of CPU. This means there could be an issue with your graphics setup.

Could you let us know what graphics card you're using ? Use...

A few questions:

Are you certain the build-up is due to system updates and not something else ? Maybe try running disk usage analyzer with root to see which files are taking up all the space ?
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Looks to be the same issue as the one in this thread: https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2334177

Might be helpful.

Seems like the same issue I had a couple of weeks ago. Cruzer001's suggestion of using a gnome flashback session is good but before you do, try logging into the guest session and see if the issue...

Actully reconnecting brings the problem back .. I have to reenter the commands if I reconnect the mouse.

Hello all,

I recently installed Ubuntu 16.04 on my MSI GT70 laptop and now whenever I log into unity, the external mouse stops working. I've narrowed it down to unity specifically cuz I don't...

Unless you've already done so, I recommend you install an old version of ubuntu ( 10.04 or older ) or any linux. It'll help narrow down the culprit if it works.

Also, although you mention point...

There are two options for you :

1. Try some native linux programs. A list can be found here : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Computer-assisted_translation_software_for_Linux

2. WINE is...

This does sound like a GPU issue. But before doing anything , check the system logs and see if there is any error message :


gedit /var/log/syslog.1

This will open up the log file . You'll...

Couple of things here :

1. Can you tell us which version of ubuntu you're running ?

2. If the system hangs , pressing Ctrl + Alt + F1 will transfer you to the tty terminal ( just a black...

The info from this link may help . ( post #17 by cyberwizard2 ) : http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2220591&page=2

Try the solution only if the kernel oops report shows some problem as...

This is a way to shutdown the system from the terminal . Try it and see if it works :


sudo shutdown -h 0

Also, try updating the system :


sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

Hi and welcome to ubuntuforums.

Can you let us know your laptop model and specifications ? Also, which version of ubuntu are you running ?

Lastly, can you give more details on which solutions...

Hi all, this one's more of a discussion question.

I've been trying to see if I can completely disable my nVIDIA card on my MSI GT-70 laptop ( card make : GTX 670M ). The laptop has a handy...

Hey all,

I'm trying to see if I can completely disable the GTX 670M graphics card on my rig ( MSI GT70 Laptop ) so it doesn't draw power. Google returned a few suggestions about disabling nouveau...

If you're on ubuntu 14.04 and above , try running this in the terminal :


unity-control-center

else , try this :


gnome-control-center

Thanks for the replies guys. I think the problem just solved itself after an ubuntu base update . I'll mark this thread as solved for the time being.

Hi all,

So this basically started happening when I installed JWM by apt-get . I've had three of these since and I haven't been able to find any cause for it ( removing jwm didn't help ). I looked...

A solution was suggested on this website :

http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=568428

This is really old though ( circa 2009 ). Still, no harm in trying ... I suggest renaming...

Try ubuntu tweak or Gnome tweak tool . I have the same problem with Unity in my Ubuntu setup. My theme files are detected by ubuntu tweak but not by unity's appearance tab.

Dunno if this will still work ( it used to work for Ubuntu Lucid which used Gnome 2 ) but try dragging and dropping the tar.gz theme files on to the themes tab in the appearance section.

Not at all. My idea is to simply have a rough baseline for ubuntu power consumption across as many hardware setups as possible. At the moment it seems that a software based approach is the most...

Hi Jacob, welcome to ubuntu !

From what you say, I guess you're running version 14.04.3.

There are several things you can do to solve this I'll suggest two possible ways.

The best way...