Greetings, I am new to Linux and am convinced I will love it for a number of reasons, not the least of which is the total absence of MS garbage.(my opinion.) I just installed Linux Deepin 2014 after 1st partitioning the hdd with Gparted. I had a few problems with booting, but within a few days, I think I have that problem solved, thanks to all the wealth of info shared here and other sites. The one thing I can't seem to find out much about, though, is the way my computer is acting. My wifi drops randomly for no apparent reason. Sometimes I can reconnect almost immediately and sometimes it takes awhile. Also, my trackpad does not respond correctly no matter how much I adjust the settings, so I use a usb mouse which works much better. When I open an application it slowly opens in a very "choppy" manner, much like a video that buffers too slow to be watched in one piece. My fan seems to "short cycle" and the computer is not even hot. I have listed my hardware and some other system info in the hopes that someone viewing it will notice something I've overlooked, misconfigured or both. It is as follows -

Linux shawnikins-pc 3.13.0-49-generic #83-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 10 20:14:51 UTC 2015 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux
head -n1 /etc/issue
➜ ~ cat /proc/partitions
major minor #blocks name

8 0 312571224 sda
8 1 10234366 sda1
8 2 290101770 sda2
8 3 12225465 sda3
11 0 1048575 sr0
grep MemTotal /proc/meminfo
MemTotal: 3093272 kB
grep "model name" /proc/cpuinfo
model name : Genuine Intel(R) CPU T2250 @ 1.73GHz
model name : Genuine Intel(R) CPU T2250 @ 1.73GHz
hdparm -i /dev/sda
➜ ~ grep "model name" /proc/cpuinfo
model name : Genuine Intel(R) CPU T2250 @ 1.73GHz
model name : Genuine Intel(R) CPU T2250 @ 1.73GHz

shawnikins-pc
description: Portable Computer
product: MP061 ()
vendor: Dell Inc.
serial: BP9KCB1
width: 32 bits
capabilities: smbios-2.4 dmi-2.4
configuration: boot=normal chassis=portable uuid=44454C4C-5000-1039-804B-C2C04F434231
*-core
description: Motherboard
product: 0FF049
vendor: Dell Inc.
physical id: 0
serial: .BP9KCB1.CN129616752370.
*-firmware
description: BIOS
vendor: Dell Inc.
physical id: 0
version: A09
date: 06/27/2007
size: 64KiB
capacity: 512KiB
capabilities: isa pci pcmcia pnp upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect int13floppy720 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer int10video acpi usb agp smartbattery biosbootspecification netboot
*-cpu
description: CPU
product: Genuine Intel(R) CPU T2250 @ 1.73GHz
vendor: Intel Corp.
physical id: 400
bus info: cpu@0
version: 6.14.8
serial: 0000-06E8-0000-0000-0000-0000
slot: Microprocessor
size: 1733MHz
capacity: 2130MHz
width: 32 bits
clock: 133MHz
capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx constant_tsc arch_perfmon bts aperfmperf pni monitor est tm2 xtpr pdcm dtherm cpufreq
configuration: cores=2 enabledcores=2 id=0 threads=2
*-cache:0
description: L1 cache
physical id: 700
size: 32KiB
capacity: 32KiB
capabilities: internal write-back data
*-cache:1
description: L2 cache
physical id: 701
size: 2MiB
capacity: 2MiB
clock: 66MHz (15.0ns)
capabilities: pipeline-burst internal varies unified
*-logicalcpu:0
description: Logical CPU
physical id: 0.1
width: 32 bits
capabilities: logical
*-logicalcpu:1
description: Logical CPU
physical id: 0.2
width: 32 bits
capabilities: logical
*-memory
description: System Memory
physical id: 1000
slot: System board or motherboard
size: 3GiB
*-bank:0
description: DIMM DDR Synchronous 667 MHz (1.5 ns)
product: M4 70T5663EH3-CF7
vendor: Samsung
physical id: 0
serial: 7594EFD5
slot: DIMM_A
size: 2GiB
width: 64 bits
clock: 667MHz (1.5ns)
*-bank:1
description: DIMM DDR Synchronous 667 MHz (1.5 ns)
product: 64T128021HDL3SB
vendor: Infineon (Siemens)
physical id: 1
serial: 02812F11
slot: DIMM_B
size: 1GiB
width: 64 bits
clock: 667MHz (1.5ns)
*-pci
description: Host bridge
product: Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 100
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
version: 03
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
configuration: driver=agpgart-intel
resources: irq:0
*-display:0 UNCLAIMED
description: VGA compatible controller
product: Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 2
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
version: 03
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
resources: memory:eff00000-eff7ffff ioport:eff8(size=8) memory:d0000000-dfffffff memory:efec0000-efefffff
*-display:1 UNCLAIMED
description: Display controller
product: Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 2.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.1
version: 03
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
resources: memory:eff80000-efffffff
*-multimedia
description: Audio device
product: NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1b
bus info: pci@0000:00:1b.0
version: 01
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=0
resources: irq:44 memory:efebc000-efebffff
*-pci:0
description: PCI bridge
product: NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 1
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1c
bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.0
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:40 ioport:2000(size=4096) memory:c0000000-c01fffff ioport:c0200000(size=2097152)
*-pci:1
description: PCI bridge
product: NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 2
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1c.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.1
version: 01
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:efd00000-efdfffff ioport:c0400000(size=2097152)
*-network DISABLED
description: Wireless interface
product: PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:0c:00.0
logical name: wlan0
version: 02
serial: 00:13:02:bb:b8:d5
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=iwl3945 driverversion=3.13.0-49-generic firmware=15.32.2.9 latency=0 link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11abg
resources: irq:43 memory:efdff000-efdfffff
*-pci:2
description: PCI bridge
product: NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 4
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1c.3
bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.3
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:42 ioport:d000(size=4096) memory:efa00000-efcfffff ioport:e0000000(size=2097152)
*-usb:0
description: USB controller
product: NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.0
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: uhci bus_master
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:20 ioport:bf80(size=32)
*-usb:1
description: USB controller
product: NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.1
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: uhci bus_master
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:21 ioport:bf60(size=32)
*-usb:2
description: USB controller
product: NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.2
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: uhci bus_master
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:22 ioport:bf40(size=32)
*-usb:3
description: USB controller
product: NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d.3
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.3
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: uhci bus_master
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:23 ioport:bf20(size=32)
*-usb:4
description: USB controller
product: NM10/ICH7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d.7
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.7
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm debug ehci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ehci-pci latency=0
resources: irq:20 memory:ffa80000-ffa803ff
*-pci:3
description: PCI bridge
product: 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1e
bus info: pci@0000:00:1e.0
version: e1
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci subtractive_decode bus_master cap_list
resources: memory:ef900000-ef9fffff
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 02
serial: 00:15:c5:42:a7:1d
size: 10Mbit/s
capacity: 100Mbit/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=b44 driverversion=2.0 duplex=half latency=64 link=no multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=10Mbit/s
resources: irq:17 memory:ef9fe000-ef9fffff
*-firewire
description: FireWire (IEEE 1394)
product: R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller
vendor: Ricoh Co Ltd
physical id: 1
bus info: pci@0000:03:01.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm ohci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=firewire_ohci latency=64 maxlatency=4 mingnt=2
resources: irq:19 memory:ef9fd800-ef9fdfff
*-generic:0
description: SD Host controller
product: R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter
vendor: Ricoh Co Ltd
physical id: 1.1
bus info: pci@0000:03:01.1
version: 19
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=sdhci-pci latency=64
resources: irq:18 memory:ef9fd500-ef9fd5ff
*-generic:1
description: System peripheral
product: R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter
vendor: Ricoh Co Ltd
physical id: 1.2
bus info: pci@0000:03:01.2
version: 0a
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm cap_list
configuration: driver=r592 latency=0
resources: irq:18 memory:ef9fd600-ef9fd6ff
*-generic:2
description: System peripheral
product: xD-Picture Card Controller
vendor: Ricoh Co Ltd
physical id: 1.3
bus info: pci@0000:03:01.3
version: 05
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm cap_list
configuration: driver=r852 latency=0
resources: irq:18 memory:ef9fd700-ef9fd7ff
*-isa
description: ISA bridge
product: 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.0
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: isa bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=lpc_ich latency=0
resources: irq:0
*-ide
description: IDE interface
product: 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7-M Family) SATA Controller [IDE mode]
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.2
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: ide pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ata_piix latency=0
resources: irq:17 ioport:1f0(size=8) ioport:3f6 ioport:170(size=8) ioport:376 ioport:bfa0(size=16)
*-serial UNCLAIMED
description: SMBus
product: NM10/ICH7 Family SMBus Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.3
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.3
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
configuration: latency=0
resources: ioport:10c0(size=32)
*-scsi:0
physical id: 1
logical name: scsi0
capabilities: emulated
*-disk
description: ATA Disk
product: ST320LM000 HM321
vendor: Seagate
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sda
version: 2AJ1
serial: S25WJ9FBC40363
size: 298GiB (320GB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: ansiversion=5 sectorsize=512 signature=1f3709ec
*-volume:0
description: EXT4 volume
vendor: Linux
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,1
logical name: /dev/sda1
version: 1.0
serial: c255ebbd-ea80-4e2b-9789-cc5315e60aab
size: 9993MiB
capacity: 9994MiB
capabilities: primary journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files dir_nlink extents ext4 ext2 initialized
configuration: created=2015-11-09 15:30:53 filesystem=ext4 lastmountpoint=/ modified=2015-11-11 14:44:07 mounted=2015-11-11 14:44:07 state=clean
*-volume:1
description: EXT4 volume
vendor: Linux
physical id: 2
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,2
logical name: /dev/sda2
logical name: /
version: 1.0
serial: c03183e4-b1d5-4e82-80b7-cfedc7875db2
size: 276GiB
capacity: 276GiB
capabilities: primary journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files dir_nlink recover extents ext4 ext2 initialized
configuration: created=2015-11-10 08:41:24 filesystem=ext4 lastmountpoint=/ modified=2015-11-14 15:46:08 mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,relatime,data=ordered mounted=2015-11-14 15:46:08 state=mounted
*-volume:2
description: EXT4 volume
vendor: Linux
physical id: 3
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,3
logical name: /dev/sda3
version: 1.0
serial: 07eaf3f1-fe21-4ea8-8ab9-1aaa9035d0a4
size: 11GiB
capacity: 11GiB
capabilities: primary journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files dir_nlink extents ext4 ext2 initialized
configuration: created=2015-11-09 15:30:48 filesystem=ext4 modified=2015-11-10 10:17:24 mounted=2015-11-10 09:59:36 state=clean
*-scsi:1
physical id: 2
logical name: scsi1
capabilities: emulated
*-cdrom
description: DVD-RAM writer
product: DVD A DS8A1P
vendor: Slimtype
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/cdrom
logical name: /dev/sr0
version: CH71
capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r dvd-ram
configuration: ansiversion=5 status=nodisc
*-battery
product: DELL 00
vendor: Sanyo
physical id: 1
slot: Sys. Battery Bay
capacity: 44000mWh
configuration: voltage=11.1V
*-network
description: Wireless interface
physical id: 2
bus info: usb@1:4
logical name: wlan2
serial: 00:c0:ca:1e:0c:da
capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rtl8187 driverversion=3.13.0-49-generic firmware=N/A ip=192.168.0.101 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg

Any information concerning my woes will be greatly appreciated.

Almost halfway down in your output there is a

indication. I see information in addition to this about your network connection(s). Maybe if you find someway to enable all of the network connections, your wifi will stop dropping out intermittently.

Also, if I were you I would approach this pile of problems more strategically, by separating the issues into their own threads, that way concentrated effort can be devoted to each issue/problem individually.

Thank you for your timely response. I had my on board wifi disabled because my computer is located too far away from my router to get a decent signal. Instead, I use an Alfaa awus 036h adapter which serves me well. I wasn't sure if having both adapters enabled at the same time would create a conflict or other problems, so I disabled the on board one. I really can't say that it solved any problem, but I'm pretty sure it did not create any new ones.As for your suggestion for posting different problems in their proper place, you are absolutely right and I shall do just that. Thank you once again.