UBUNTU slow right after install
 

Hello,
I just installed ubuntu 9.04 (UBUNTU Ultimate 2.3) on an IBM Think PAD.

1.6 Pentium CPU
1gig RAM
60gig HDD

Directly after the install slowness occurs:

During boot, startup sound plays and there is a 30second hold before graphics are displayed.

General Window moving. The windows lag when moving them from one edge of a screen to another. They also lag when minimised or maximised.

Terminal lags when opening and when typing.
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Things I have tried to resolve this issue:
First, with the version I had...I noticed it had KUBUNTU pkgs installed. I went onto UBUNTU help and was given a command to remove all KUBUNTU extras.

I have also removed GDM to boot directly into term. I have checked to make sure that appearance settings are at minimal.

I would love to switch to linux full time, I have it running on my PC now and it works great...the laptop...NOT SO GREAT.


Any help would be great.

Which video device is in your thinkpad. There is an issue with the latest Intel video driver (as used in Ubuntu 9.04) with certain Intel video devices; it's often described as 'jerky video' and that sounds like your description as well.

If it's Intel, wait a few days till 9.10 comes out (or install the release candidate) and try again. Or use 8.04 (LTS version).

Have you tried another distro to see if its a hardware issue are the distro its self?