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Questions tagged [responsiveness]

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Nautilus (File Manager) very slow after upgrade to 24.04

This issue seems to have arisen after upgrading from 22.04 to 24.04. When first logging in, Nautilus will open a folder in about 0.2-0.5 seconds, this is tolerable but still a lot slower than Thunar which is perceptually instantaneous (as it should…
Blake Walsh
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Keyboard shortcut responds very slow

The shortcut for print screen became very slow on my Ubuntu 14.04.2. It takes about 10-15 seconds after pressing the key to showing a print screen region selection controls. I tried to use shutter as a screenshot tool (shutter -s -C -e -n -o…
Dennis Golomazov
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How to prevent running programs from consuming all RAM and CPU?

I have an annoying problem with Ubuntu's resource management. Frequently it happens that some programs such as Google Chrome browser consume 100% CPU and most of my laptops memory. I want to have a responsive OS all the time, it means that I want to…
mehdix
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A lot of io after boot/login: gnome-software --gapplication-service

I see with iotop that gnome-software --gapplication-service does a lot of io, which annoys me, since this makes my laptop nearly unusable. I see with ls -l /proc/PID/fd that there a lot of open files (more then 100). Is there a way to reduce the…
guettli
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VpnOneClick problem with ubuntu 16.0.4 LTS

after installing VpnOneClick it doesn't respond when i want to run it:
m.arbabi
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How to make Gnome-Shell run smooth in Ubuntu 18.04?

My computer is an HP notebook with Intel i3 and Nvidia and SSD. Proprietary graphics drive are installed. I installed Ubuntu 18.04 as a new installation (instead of upgrading from 16.04). I really miss the responsiveness of Ubuntu 16.04. The…
desgua
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What to do when ubuntu 16.04 LTS stops responding

I have upgraded from ubuntu 15.04 to 16.04 LTS last week and since then it frequently stops responding completely and I have to use the power button to shut it down . Please tell what to do so that the problem can be solved without shutting it down…
Somanshu Singla
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Ubuntu machine hang and whole LAN network stopped responding

I am getting problems when my Ubuntu machine, it hangs(keyboard,mouse stopped responding, and screen looking blur). Also, the whole lan/wan network stopped responding. Please advise? DISTRIB_RELEASE=15.04 DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 15.04" Logs…
Ramesh Chand
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PgAdmin 3 @ Ubuntu 14.10: low responsiveness when typing

I've been using PostgreSQL and PgAdmin 3 for years without problems so far. Recently I installed Ubuntu 14.10 at new notebook with PgAdmin. The problem is that I have to type very slowly to get the query I want. E.g. if I type "select * from users;"…
Piohen
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Ubuntu Software application not responding in Ubuntu 20.04

The Ubuntu Software Center in Ubuntu 20.04 is useless right now. Whenever I try to select or search for a package, it renders an infinite spinning loader and that's it. Anyone else experiencing the same issue?
Fadi
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(How) can I keep my PC usable while under high load?

My specific situation is that I'm training neural networks on a system which I would also like to use for other work. During the training of some models my PC sometimes doesn't respond for a few seconds, the frame-rate of even relatively light…
Lara
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Some windows are dimmed like if they were unresponsive in GNOME

I have been using GNOME on Ubuntu 17.04 for a while now, and I never experienced such a sudden problem. Some windows now are dimmed like if they were unresponsive. Here is a screenshot of Rhythmbox and PulseEffect open: You can notice that the…
Tooniis
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Responsiveness issue for live search drop down in opencart 2.0.1.1

I have added an extension called "smart search" in my open cart 2.0.1.1 , i need the drop down containing the results for live search to be responsive on every device, how can i do that using css? link for the extension is :…
harron
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Ubuntu is fast at one moment, but slow at the other moment

I am using Ubuntu 14.04 on my computer that acts as a server. Short pc spec list (lshw): http://pastebin.com/7ud6rpxX The average number of procs is 500 (I have got a little widget that I forgot the name of on my desktop) The server is running a…
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Will an ssd make the ubuntu UI more responsive?

I apologize if this is a duplicate, if it is I was not able to find any actual explanation with Google or Bing or even searching Ask Ubuntu. I want to know if an SSD will improve the Ubuntu UI or KDE desktop. I know that I/O and loading times will…
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