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    Solved - Sluggish performance on Laptop w/nvidia 8200m

    Looking for some help with sluggish performance. I have just installed (tried) 32 and 64 bit versions of 8.10 but both produce very sluggish performance. HP Laptop AMD Turion X2 w/nVidia 8200m, 3GB RAM. Screens draw very slowly and mouse hangs for 3-4 seconds periodically. Restricted driver is active. Any help would be appreciated.

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    Re: Sluggish performance on Laptop w/nvidia 8200m

    What is the particular model number of your laptop?
    "A problem well stated is a problem half solved." --Charles F. Kettering
    "Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple."--Dr. Seuss
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      Re: Sluggish performance on Laptop w/nvidia 8200m

      HP G60-125nr
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        Re: Sluggish performance on Laptop w/nvidia 8200m

        Have you installed the Nvidia Driver? KMenu>Applications>System>Hardware Drivers
        "A problem well stated is a problem half solved." --Charles F. Kettering
        "Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple."--Dr. Seuss
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          Re: Sluggish performance on Laptop w/nvidia 8200m

          Yes, I have also loaded a couple of other distros that did not have this issue, they just didn't have wifi.
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            Re: Sluggish performance on Laptop w/nvidia 8200m

            I too have encountered the same problem . Nice to find out i'm not the only one . Could it be the updates . I installed the nvidia driver after my updates which took for ever . I know in the past i had issues with the nvidia driver supplied by Kubuntu as it would not work for dual screen and required the original driver from nvidia for dualscreen to work . Can this somehow be the problem too . Anyways i hope someone from Kubuntu can fix this problem . If i get the nvidia driver to work i'll post back ..................Northernfrog.
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              Re: Sluggish performance on Laptop w/nvidia 8200m

              FYI:

              http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3099998.0

              I downloaded and installed 180.11 on my rig last night -- it seems to work fine. Release notes indicate if fixes a memory leak (which I had not experienced).

              If you open a Konsole window and run
              Code:
              top
              you should be able to observe what is using the resources so heavily.
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                Re: Sluggish performance on Laptop w/nvidia 8200m

                I am not convinced the problem lies with the nVidia driver. I had the same sluggish performance before I installed the driver. I am not at my computer right now but I will do a "top" to see what is going on when I get home.
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                  Re: Sluggish performance on Laptop w/nvidia 8200m

                  Not sure what to think about this problem . Diden't work using Hardware driver app nor using envy to install driver . Funny thing is both methods work on Ubuntu that i was just testing prior to testing the new Kubuntu kde4.1 . Erk's me abit as Kubuntu was my main system till i tried the new KDE4.1 . Guess i was let down . Anyways when i see this problem resolved , i'll put it back on as my main system . Till then i'm stuck with Ubuntu . The shamefull thing is everything worked great except the video driver . My guess is the problem lies in KDE4.1 , hopefully the wait for fix won't be long . Till then , bye , and see you's later .......... Northernfrog .
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                    Re: Sluggish performance on Laptop w/nvidia 8200m

                    Well I resolved the issue. I installed the nVidia 180.11 beta driver with envyng and everything is pretty snappy now. Now I believe it's time to move on to 64 bit version of 8.10. Thanks to dibl -

                    http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...2816#msg152816
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