Comments on: Slow desktop performance on Ubuntu 11.10 with nvidia graphics cards

By: Piotr

Piotr — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 12:57:26 +0000

Have the same problem with ubuntu 12.04 LTS with my Quadro FX 1600M graphic card and your solution works like a charm. thanks !

By: Goliat

Goliat — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 00:52:20 +0000

PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW:

which modules and drivers they are using, and what version (the manufacturer’s or the open source?) and what version number.
How to uninstall and install the different drivers to try them all.

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 20:39:40 +0000

In reply to Joachim. Glad to hear!

By: Joachim

Joachim — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 17:09:12 +0000

Finally some good advice. After having had a regular update of my Linux Mint 12, the computer became so sluggish that it was unusable. I was using the 173 driver. Tried the “current” version to no avail. Then I tried downgrading to the 93 driver which resulted in an unability to even starts the xterm. Ended up doing a fresh install, lost a full days of work, and I was still facing the similar problem. Was ready to give up and migrate to some other system when I came across your blog. You really made my day! I am now the proud user of a snappy Linux Mint 12 that uses Nvidia’s 295 driver.

Thank you! :lol:

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 17:45:24 +0000

In reply to Mihai. Easiest way is to run "NVIDIA X Server Settings" (nvidia-settings), which should be on the application menu. On the X Server information section it shows the driver version.

By: Mihai

Mihai — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 17:33:18 +0000

In reply to Alex.

Hello Alex! I used “sudo apt-cache showpkg nvidia-current|grep xorg-driver-video“ to find the nvidia-current version currently installed in my system and got:
295.20-0ubuntu1~oneiric~xup1 – xorg-driver-video
280.13-0ubuntu6 – xorg-driver-video
Do you know how to find which version is in fact used? nvida-settings points to 295.20, because I’m still dealing with very laggy and slowly responses when I open several programs. System monitor shows above 90% processor activity to Xorg…

By: Nick

Nick — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 03:23:45 +0000

Man this REALLY sped things up! Thanks a ton!

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:49:07 +0000

In reply to علی. What fixed the problem here was installing the latest driver. From the looks of it you are already running the latest driver, so it must be a different issue. Unfortunately I don't run OpenSUSE so I can't help you on this. Good luck solving it!

By: علی

علی — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:09:14 +0000

In reply to Alex.

thanks alex, but i installed nvidia driver before and like you after installing that, i faced with slower performance in firefox and kde. more detailes ablout the problem is here:

http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/suse-linux/186404-nvidia-driver-problem-system-performance-has-been-slow-but.html

now, how can i solve that?

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:31:15 +0000

In reply to علی. Haven't used OpenSUSE in a couple of years, but try these instructions to install the latest NVIDIA driver: http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:NVIDIA_drivers