help please!

[p.wolf]

hey, i have been having trouble with ubuntu, just had to reinstall it again. now it seems to be running slowly! any ideas as to how i could speed it up?
and where can i learn to use ubuntu/ find tips to make it better?

any help is appreciated¬

[Blasphemist]

I could go through my bookmarks and paste a bunch in here but I think it would be better for you to look at the sticky threads where these have already been gathered. You will find lots of help on most all ubuntu related subjects. Surely enough to keep you busy for a good while.

What is happening slowly? Please give as much detail as you can. Do you have any specifics on your hardware and your ubuntu version and configuration? How much disk space, memory, etc. As much as you know. Do you notice something specific that seems slow?

Try to answer this and we'll see where to go from there.

[wildmanne39]

Hi, run this in a terminal

sudo lshw

and post the outcome here by clicking on new reply and click # and paste the information between the brackets.
http://theravingrick.blogspot.com/20...gs-i-like.html
http://blip.tv/jorge-castro/how-i-us...y-dash-5016298
http://blip.tv/jorge-castro/how-i-mu...-unity-5015448

[p.wolf]

okay i ran it and it returned a lot of info on my machine and its specs, what now?

[wildmanne39]

Hi, follow my directions in my previous post for pasting the information here so we can see it.

[Blasphemist]

When you need to post results of a command or script, please click the # right above the box you are typing in and it will create code tags. Paste the text in between the tags.

[p.wolf]

description: Portable Computer
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    vendor: Winbond Electronics
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    width: 64 bits
    capabilities: smbios-2.6 dmi-2.6 vsyscall64 vsyscall32
    configuration: boot=normal chassis=portable sku=To be filled by O.E.M. uuid=44454C4C-3300-1034-805A-C4C04F444C31
  *-core
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       version: A10
       serial: .D34ZDL1..
       slot: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
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          bus info: cpu@0
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          serial: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
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          capacity: 2261MHz
          width: 64 bits
          clock: 533MHz
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          configuration: cores=2 enabledcores=1 threads=2
        *-cache:0
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             slot: L1-Cache
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             capacity: 64KiB
             capabilities: internal write-back unified
        *-cache:1
             description: L2 cache
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             slot: L2-Cache
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             capabilities: internal varies unified
        *-cache:2
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     *-memory
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        *-bank:0
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             width: 64 bits
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          date: 11/17/2010
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          capacity: 1984KiB
          capabilities: mca pci upgrade shadowing escd cdboot bootselect socketedrom edd int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer int10video acpi usb zipboot biosbootspecification
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             bus info: pci@0000:00:1a.0
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             resources: irq:16 memory:fbd08000-fbd083ff
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             width: 64 bits
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             resources: irq:47 memory:fbd00000-fbd03fff
        *-pci:0
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             width: 32 bits
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             capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=pcieport
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        *-pci:1
             description: PCI bridge
             product: 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 2
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1c.1
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.1
             version: 06
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=pcieport
             resources: irq:41 ioport:3000(size=4096) memory:fbc00000-fbcfffff ioport:bc400000(size=2097152)
           *-network
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                product: BCM4313 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller
                vendor: Broadcom Corporation
                physical id: 0
                bus info: pci@0000:12:00.0
                logical name: eth1
                version: 01
                serial: 78:e4:00:ae:f4:df
                width: 64 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
                configuration: broadcast=yes driver=wl0 driverversion=5.100.82.38 ip=192.168.0.4 latency=0 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11
                resources: irq:17 memory:fbc00000-fbc03fff
        *-pci:2
             description: PCI bridge
             product: 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 3
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1c.2
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.2
             version: 06
             width: 32 bits
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             capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=pcieport
             resources: irq:42 ioport:e000(size=4096) memory:fb200000-fbbfffff ioport:d0b00000(size=10485760)
           *-network
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                vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
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                bus info: pci@0000:13:00.0
                logical name: eth0
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                capacity: 100Mbit/s
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             description: USB Controller
             product: 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
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             bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.0
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             width: 32 bits
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             vendor: Intel Corporation
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                logical name: /dev/cdrw
                logical name: /dev/dvd
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             vendor: Intel Corporation
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             bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.3
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             vendor: Intel Corporation
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             bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.6
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             configuration: driver=intel ips latency=0
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  *-battery
       description: Lithium Ion Battery
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       capacity: 44000mWh
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[p.wolf]

sorry, i dont see the hash sign >_<

[Blasphemist]

You've got plenty of machine. What is slow?

[p.wolf]

loading times etc. it just got a bit faster randomly actually.. maybe its because its 5 am and the machine has been on all day?
hence why im running slow myself.