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UBUNTU 18.04
I already updated from UBUNTU 15, to 16, to 17. Never after those updates had I to reinstall the printer: it was all done automatically. Never before had any consistent problems with the net, or playing videos or playing sound tracks: all adjustments required by the upgrades, were done without any interventions or adjustments of mine. Never had an app, like the browser or youtube and some others, crashed the whole system in a way that only cutting the power is the only solution to get out of the crash (lately I learned about using REISUB).
Until I installed 18.04; the DAY that I did that, my happy days with UBUNTU come to an end. -- Trouble with sound in a way that I had to take the PC to a workshop to fix something that I still do not know what, to get the sound to work. I spent hours and hours searching the net and following all tips that I encountered; all to no avail. I was told by that workshop that the drivers were the wrong ones???? Well, they fix it and I got the sound up. -- Can't get the printer to work still today; after trying many many shortcuts, tips and other advises that I found by searching the net; to print anything today, I have to use my Windows laptop. -- When playing a youtube's video 3 or 4 times out of 10, I get the message "if playback doesn't start shortly, try restarting the device": this to me sounds like a joke, a sad one: how can an app (youtube) crash the system? Then it works nicely for 3 or 4 or 5 days. I never experienced this sort of trouble before, not even with Windows (yes Windows NT used to do the same: an app crashing the whole system; that problem stopped 99% with the release of Windows 2000 and all versions after that). -- After power up, it takes probably double the time it used to take for the system to go online, sometimes more; a good 4 or 5 times since installation of 18.04, my PC crashed at power up trying to go online; I had to power it out and start all over again. I remember last UBUNTU 17, the system used to go online in a flat 10 to 20 secs. if not less. Now if I get it in a minute, minute and a half, it is really fast. In my experience, I just can't wait the day that 18.04 is out of the window. I am sure that many of you will say: get a new hardware. OK I accept that some of the problems could be hardware related, but why all that happened after the installation of 18.04? Right from the word GO? If it was hardware, why so many different problems? Since my first installation of UBUNTU 15.(??) I never experienced anything like this. Kind regards, Tony |
You might consider further posting information about the computer you are using -- manufacturer, processor, RAM, disks, graphics card, sound card, disk drives, printer, ... . A source for all this that I use regularly is the terminal command 'sudo lshw'. Also, how old is the machine?
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I'm sorry to hear all that, ynotamil, but you need to concentrate on one issue at at time, and probably start one thread for each. That way we can focus on solving the individual issues that you are experiencing.
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Here is the reply to lshw. The PC is old, around 10 to 15 YO. Just replaced the processor to a 64 bits, about 8 to 10 months ago, just before I upgraded to UBUNTU 18. Please help me to get the sound working. When I posted originally I had my headphone BT working, Guess what, even that stopped all together. 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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:26 ioport:e000(size=4096) memory:d0500000-d05fffff ioport:80400000(size=2097152) *-network description: Ethernet interface product: RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0 logical name: enp3s0 version: 02 serial: 70:71:bc:b1:c6:92 size: 1Gbit/s capacity: 1Gbit/s width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=full ip=192.168.8.105 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=MII speed=1Gbit/s resources: irq:17 ioport:e000(size=256) memory:d0530000-d0530fff memory:d0520000-d052ffff memory:d0500000-d051ffff *-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:23 ioport:f080(size=32) *-usbhost product: UHCI Host Controller vendor: Linux 4.15.0-39-generic uhci_hcd physical id: 1 bus info: usb@5 logical name: usb5 version: 4.15 capabilities: usb-1.10 configuration: driver=hub slots=2 speed=12Mbit/s *-usb description: Keyboard product: USB Receiver vendor: Logitech physical id: 2 bus info: usb@5:2 version: 23.00 capabilities: usb-2.00 configuration: driver=usbhid maxpower=98mA speed=12Mbit/s *-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:19 ioport:f060(size=32) *-usbhost product: UHCI Host Controller vendor: Linux 4.15.0-39-generic uhci_hcd physical id: 1 bus info: usb@6 logical name: usb6 version: 4.15 capabilities: usb-1.10 configuration: driver=hub slots=2 speed=12Mbit/s *-usb:0 description: Keyboard product: USB Receiver vendor: Logitech physical id: 1 bus info: usb@6:1 version: 29.01 capabilities: usb-2.00 configuration: driver=usbhid maxpower=98mA speed=12Mbit/s *-usb:1 description: Bluetooth wireless interface product: Bluetooth V2.0 Dongle vendor: Bluetooth v2.0 physical id: 2 bus info: usb@6:2 version: 1.00 capabilities: bluetooth usb-2.00 configuration: driver=btusb speed=12Mbit/s *-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:18 ioport:f040(size=32) *-usbhost product: UHCI Host Controller vendor: Linux 4.15.0-39-generic uhci_hcd physical id: 1 bus info: usb@7 logical name: usb7 version: 4.15 capabilities: usb-1.10 configuration: driver=hub slots=2 speed=12Mbit/s *-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:16 ioport:f020(size=32) *-usbhost product: UHCI Host Controller vendor: Linux 4.15.0-39-generic uhci_hcd physical id: 1 bus info: usb@8 logical name: usb8 version: 4.15 capabilities: usb-1.10 configuration: driver=hub slots=2 speed=12Mbit/s *-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:23 memory:d0604000-d06043ff *-usbhost product: EHCI Host Controller vendor: Linux 4.15.0-39-generic ehci_hcd physical id: 1 bus info: usb@1 logical name: usb1 version: 4.15 capabilities: usb-2.00 configuration: driver=hub slots=8 speed=480Mbit/s *-pci:3 description: PCI bridge product: 82801 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:d0400000-d04fffff *-usb:0 description: USB controller product: OHCI USB Controller vendor: NEC Corporation physical id: 4 bus info: pci@0000:04:04.0 version: 43 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm ohci bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=ohci-pci latency=32 maxlatency=42 mingnt=1 resources: irq:21 memory:d0401000-d0401fff *-usbhost product: OHCI PCI host controller vendor: Linux 4.15.0-39-generic ohci_hcd physical id: 1 bus info: usb@3 logical name: usb3 version: 4.15 capabilities: usb-1.10 configuration: driver=hub slots=3 speed=12Mbit/s *-usb:1 description: USB controller product: OHCI USB Controller vendor: NEC Corporation physical id: 4.1 bus info: pci@0000:04:04.1 version: 43 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm ohci bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=ohci-pci latency=32 maxlatency=42 mingnt=1 resources: irq:22 memory:d0400000-d0400fff *-usbhost product: OHCI PCI host controller vendor: Linux 4.15.0-39-generic ohci_hcd physical id: 1 bus info: usb@4 logical name: usb4 version: 4.15 capabilities: usb-1.10 configuration: driver=hub slots=2 speed=12Mbit/s *-usb:2 description: USB controller product: uPD72010x USB 2.0 Controller vendor: NEC Corporation physical id: 4.2 bus info: pci@0000:04:04.2 version: 04 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm ehci bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=ehci-pci latency=32 maxlatency=34 mingnt=16 resources: irq:23 memory:d0402000-d04020ff *-usbhost product: EHCI Host Controller vendor: Linux 4.15.0-39-generic ehci_hcd physical id: 1 bus info: usb@2 logical name: usb2 version: 4.15 capabilities: usb-2.00 configuration: driver=hub slots=5 speed=480Mbit/s *-isa description: ISA bridge product: 82801GB/GR (ICH7 Family) 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: NM10/ICH7 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:19 ioport:f0e0(size=8) ioport:f0d0(size=4) ioport:f0c0(size=8) ioport:f0b0(size=4) ioport:f0a0(size=16) *-serial 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: driver=i801_smbus latency=0 resources: irq:19 ioport:400(size=32) *-scsi:0 physical id: 1 logical name: scsi0 capabilities: emulated *-disk description: ATA Disk product: Maxtor 6N040T0 vendor: Maxtor physical id: 0.0.0 bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0 logical name: /dev/sda version: 1680 serial: N1065JNG size: 38GiB (41GB) capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos configuration: ansiversion=5 logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=512 signature=fa3b0a27 *-volume description: EXT4 volume vendor: Linux physical id: 1 bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,1 logical name: /dev/sda1 logical name: / version: 1.0 serial: 9d530350-ea18-4f5e-b31c-9a088e8070ec size: 38GiB capacity: 38GiB capabilities: primary bootable journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files dir_nlink recover 64bit extents ext4 ext2 initialized configuration: created=2018-05-13 19:00:48 filesystem=ext4 lastmountpoint=/ modified=2018-11-21 15:52:35 mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered mounted=2018-11-21 15:52:48 state=mounted *-cdrom description: DVD writer product: DVD+-RW DH-16W1S vendor: PBDS physical id: 0.1.0 bus info: scsi@0:0.1.0 logical name: /dev/cdrom logical name: /dev/cdrw logical name: /dev/dvd logical name: /dev/dvdrw logical name: /dev/sr0 version: 2D14 capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r configuration: ansiversion=5 status=nodisc *-scsi:1 physical id: 2 logical name: scsi1 capabilities: emulated *-disk description: ATA Disk product: ST2000DL003-9VT1 vendor: Seagate physical id: 0.0.0 bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0 logical name: /dev/sdb version: CC32 serial: 5YD1V58A size: 1863GiB (2TB) capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos configuration: ansiversion=5 logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=512 signature=dfde6b56 *-volume description: Windows NTFS volume physical id: 1 bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0,1 logical name: /dev/sdb1 version: 3.1 serial: 40a107d5-0806-5743-a9dc-7ef16b544d3a size: 1401GiB capacity: 1863GiB capabilities: primary ntfs initialized configuration: clustersize=4096 created=2011-03-11 13:21:28 filesystem=ntfs label=TLS-2Tb Mar/11 state=clean tony@tony-desktop:~$ |
Hello everyone.
Of the problems that I reported before in this forum some time ago, none has gone (all still well and alive on my system). I have done nothing to repair them because I just don't know what to do. All the solution that I found are useless, the majority too complicated for me to handle. My knowledge in LINUX is not that advanced, very limited. The problems that I currently experience started when I upgrade to release 18 and since my system deteriorated with the last 2 software updates (the bluetooth search and pairing is pathetic, the sound works when it feels like and as good as it likes, the windows displayed on the screen freeze very often), can anyone help me take my system back to the previous LTS release of UBUNTU, which I don't even know which one is? For starters, would anyone discourage me to do that because of some technical issues, if any? I did some search on the net but I got nowhere, hence my request here for any help. Tony |
How much freespace is on your / filesystem?
Have you tried booting 18.04 live media? If sound works correctly using it, then you'll know the problem is in your installed configuration, not a problem with hardware. If you know it's not a hardware problem, you might find it simpler to do a fresh installation than to find and fix the problem. Please provide output from Code:
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A quick view of the output you posted on your hardware for that machine, all I can say is good luck running Ubuntu 18.04 on a 10-15 year old computer. Technical issues on 'downgrading' Ubuntu are explained at the link below. Although possible, the likelihood of success is slim according to the site below but they do have detailed instructions if you want to try it. Never done it myself.
https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-downg...evious-version |
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i think you want the base release (or full if you have enough space on your hard drive). https://antixlinux.com/download/ unfortunately their websites are all over the place atm and i can't find suitable installation instructions. |
I have a Biostar motherboard with the same G41/NM10/ICH7 chipset as OP's 9 year old motherboard, and a CPU modestly faster, 3.06GHz E7600 with 1066 FSB compared to 3.00GHz E5700 with 800 FSB. There's no way mine needs to be stuck with a distro designed for old hardware just yet. I have Mageia, Fedora, Buster, Stretch, Tumbleweed, Leap and more running on it, with Plasma, KDE3 and TDE DEs. Unless Gnome is more demanding than Plasma by a full order of magnitude, which I doubt it comes close to, if not less demanding, his hardware is should be just as capable of running 18.04 as 16.04, unless it has suffered a mysterious hardware failure coincident with his upgrade from 16.04 to 18.04.
He should be able to benefit significantly by retiring his two PC5300 1GB RAM sticks, replacing them with a pair of PC6400 4GB, once the basic problem is solved, maybe before. His GPU shares system RAM, so he's really running less than 2GB. As I already implied, freespace may be part of the problem. His DiamondMax HD, which IIRC was a model not known for longevity, is only 40GB, which having been in use though 9 years and through multiple OS upgrades, could be getting seriously crowded. Replacing it with a 120GB or more SSD could seriously speed things up. |
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Here is the requested data tony@tony-desktop:~$ inxi -Gxxb System: Host: tony-desktop Kernel: 4.15.0-47-generic x86_64 bits: 64 gcc: 7.3.0 Desktop: Gnome 3.28.3 (Gtk 3.22.30-1ubuntu2) dm: gdm3 Distro: Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS Machine: Device: desktop Mobo: Intel model: DG41CN v: AAE82429-102 serial: N/A BIOS: Intel v: CNG4110H.86A.0012.2009.1223.1420 date: 12/23/2009 CPU: Dual core Pentium E5700 (-MCP-) arch: Penryn rev.10 speed/max: 1198/3000 MHz Graphics: Card: Intel 4 Series Integrated Graphics Controller bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:2e32 Display Server: x11 (X.Org 1.19.6 ) driver: i915 Resolution: 1280x1024@75.02hz OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel G41 version: 2.1 Mesa 18.2.8 Direct Render: Yes Network: Card: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCIE Gigabit Ethernet Controller driver: r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI port: e000 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 Drives: HDD Total Size: 2041.5GB (0.9% used) Info: Processes: 257 Uptime: 1:07 Memory: 1433.8/1955.4MB Init: systemd v: 237 runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 7.3.0 Client: Shell (bash 4.4.191 running in gnome-terminal-) inxi: 2.3.56 tony@tony-desktop:~$ My system disk is 41gb and is 46% full. I have a 2 tb for data/photos, videos that is nearly empty You also mentioned "Have you tried booting 18.04 live media?" No, I haven't, don't know what it is. How do I do it? My browser is TOR, do a bit of emails, my ONLY games are PATIENCE/SOLITAIRE card games only; no war games with heavy graphics, never did. I watch on youtube many videos, movies. I don't think the hardware is overloaded at all. Maybe short memory, kind if by mistake I double click TOR and get 2 instances running, then I fell the PC goes very slow, some screen freeze; I kill one instance of the browser and all goes normal. Tony |
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Before switching to some other distro, I suggest giving TDE on 18.04 a try. Gnome can be removed if space is indeed limited. Most of my *buntu installations are running TDE (none Gnome), including those on single core PCs with only 1GB of RAM.
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