Linux acting weirdly

[TheSuspect]

I've noticed that Linux (Ubuntu 16.04.1) is acting up. I've installed it onto my 7200rpm wd blue hdd, but after installation, I've noticed that it's crazily slow. Like, I click and drag on the desktop, but the resulting, well, thing, takes about 2 seconds to show up. It takes 2-3 seconds for anything to register, let it be keystrokes, mouse movements, hovering over icons etc. But, when I booted it through a flash drive using USB 2.0, it's snappy. Very snappy. Please tell me there's a fix for this...

[flowalex]

My only guess is maybe it has something to do with the graphics driver, are you using the Nvidia one, because I noticed I was having a latency issue before I installed it on my desktops version of Unity 16.04, but it may be with your computer because all my computers are running 16.04 2 laptops, as well as desktop (1 unity laptop and 1 gnome laptop) and I, am not having that issue, in fact it has been faster than my windows installs.

[TheSuspect]

Just now, flowalex said:

My only guess is maybe it has something to do with the graphics driver, are you using the Nvidia one, because I noticed I was having a latency issue before I installed it on my desktops version of Unity 16.04, but it may be with your computer because all my computers are running 16.04 2 laptops, as well as desktop (1 unity laptop and 1 gnome laptop) and I, am not having that issue, in fact it has been faster than my windows installs.

Using Nvidia.

[flowalex]

Just now, TheSuspect said:

Using Nvidia.

Yeah then I don't know what the problem is,  you can always try reinstalling the OS as a last resort maybe something didn't get installed properly the first time

[Ronda]

The 'drives' utilitiy, if that's what it's called in vanilla ubuntu too has an option to enable drive write caching that tends to boost performance, but the drive is unlikely to be the cause of your problem.

Can you post the output of the commands

top

and

free -h

 

[TheSuspect]

17 minutes ago, Ronda said:

The 'drives' utilitiy, if that's what it's called in vanilla ubuntu too has an option to enable drive write caching that tends to boost performance, but the drive is unlikely to be the cause of your problem.

Can you post the output of the commands

top

and

free -h

 

I will in a second. Just trying a quick reinstall.

[TheSuspect]

17 minutes ago, Ronda said:

The 'drives' utilitiy, if that's what it's called in vanilla ubuntu too has an option to enable drive write caching that tends to boost performance, but the drive is unlikely to be the cause of your problem.

Can you post the output of the commands

top

and

free -h

 

I will in a second. Just trying a quick reinstall.

[TheSuspect]

48 minutes ago, Ronda said:

top

 

 

 

1st image

48 minutes ago, Ronda said:

free -h

 

 

2nd image

[Eniqmatic]

Looks like the display process is maxing out the CPU for some reason. Probably drivers as above.

[TheSuspect]

11 minutes ago, Eniqmatic said:

Looks like the display process is maxing out the CPU for some reason. Probably drivers as above.

Is there a way I could reduce the usage?

[Eniqmatic]

What's the full hardware?

[TheSuspect]

11 minutes ago, Eniqmatic said:

What's the full hardware?

Profile.

(I've booted via USB because I couldn't handle the painfully slow speed of the hdd...)

 

i7 6700k

Evga Gtx 1070 FTW

16gb HyperX Fury Black 2133

1tb WD Blue (where the Os is installed)

Asus VG248QE (where the issue apparently is)

Seasonic S12II 520w

[Eniqmatic]

2 minutes ago, TheSuspect said:

Profile.

(I've booted via USB because I couldn't handle the painfully slow speed of the hdd...)

 

i7 6700k

Evga Gtx 1070 FTW

16gb HyperX Fury Black 2133

1tb WD Blue (where the Os is installed)

Asus VG248QE (where the issue apparently is)

Seasonic S12II 520w

Plenty capable then!

 

Can you do each of these from command line and post the results:

 

1. lspci | grep VGA

2. find /dev -group video

3. glxinfo | grep -i vendor

[TheSuspect]

14 minutes ago, Eniqmatic said:

Plenty capable then!

 

Can you do each of these from command line and post the results:

 

1. lspci | grep VGA

2. find /dev -group video

3. glxinfo | grep -i vendor

1. No command "Ispci" from package "pciutils" (main)

2. /dev/fb0

3. The program "glxinfo" is currently not installed. You can install it by typing: sudo apt install mesa-utils. However, I can't install this due to the fact that whenever it asks for my password, it doesn't allow me to type it in. I tried usb 2 and usb 3. And I've not got a PS2 keyboard to troubleshoot.

 

 

[suhrm]

5 hours ago, TheSuspect said:

1. No command "Ispci" from package "pciutils" (main)

2. /dev/fb0

3. The program "glxinfo" is currently not installed. You can install it by typing: sudo apt install mesa-utils. However, I can't install this due to the fact that whenever it asks for my password, it doesn't allow me to type it in. I tried usb 2 and usb 3. And I've not got a PS2 keyboard to troubleshoot.

 

 

This is definitely a driver problem since your graphics are being software rendered by the CPU instead of the GPU.

 

If you have trouble giving inputs via the graphical interface try to switch to the command line with crtl+alt+F1 and see if that works. Regarding the usb try doing executing "lsusb" to see whether it registers your keyboard correctly.

 

For psutils do.

 

sudo apt-get install psutils

 

And for the integrated graphics in your CPU try.

 

sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-intel