Ever since “upgrading” to Ubuntu 9.04, my notebook computer has been acting slow. Firefox will lock up and the screen will turn gray.
If I didn’t know better, I’d think someone came in when I wasn’t home and reinstalled Windows XP on it. Things just seemed a lot quicker when I was running the prior version of Ubuntu.
I think the problem is connected to Flash. I’ve been playing a lot of Bejeweled Blitz lately (that’s an understatement) on Facebook and it uses Flash. Maybe I should go a day or two without playing Bejeweled Blitz or watching videos and see if the problem goes away.
A whole day without Bejeweled Blitz? I might get withdrawals.
Lee B.
/ May 23, 2009Hey Rick- are you dual (or triple) booting by any chance? May email you directly if you don’t mind if you are multi-booting.
Rick
/ May 23, 2009@Lee B.: No, I’ve only got Ubuntu on the laptop. I really think it’s flash. It probably wouldn’t hurt either to put more RAM in it. More RAM never hurts.
Lee B.
/ May 23, 2009Okey doke- good luck tuning it up. I use everything- Vista, XP, Ubuntu, Macintosh, iPhone, Android, and now Win 7 as I need to be able to judge how they will behave with the wireless network I run at work, and to provide advanced support when the help-deskers come up short supporting wireless clients that are even more clueless than our helpdesk. Ubuntu has surprised me in it’s capabilities, I like it a lot. Actually, am more impressed by it than Macintosh- I just can’t buy in to the Apple culture and price point despite being a daily user. But the latest Ubuntu is causing me some minor frustration in another direction than you, with the boot loader menu stuff. Party on.
Brandon
/ June 1, 2009I’ve had the same issue with FireFox, except it started with the previous version of Ubuntu. I’ve settled for waiting for Chrome. I never liked Firefox that much anyways… :P
Flash definitely doesn’t help it, though. Flash on Linux is just awful.
Brandon
/ June 1, 2009Oh, and the issue I encounter has nothing to do with flash. Firefox just hangs for half a minute at a time a few times a day.
milly
/ June 18, 2009It seems I have the same BS of an issue, Firefox locks up, freezes and goes gray for few seconds.. This is one of the most annoying f@ck¡ng things I have experienced in my life.. Whoever is in charge, fix it!! This BS has been dragging for too long..
drew
/ June 21, 2009rick any luck with bejeweled blitz running slow with ubuntu 9 and ff3??? email me if you had any luck with this problem, appreciate it.. wifes driving me crazy ever since i updated to ubuntu 9 on her hp laptop :(
Nik
/ June 28, 2009have an eee 1000 and husband added dual boot – Ubuntu with pre-installed XP. Firefox keeps saying I don’t have the current Flash (I do) – yet all FB apps are slow. Have 2G RAM/160G HD what to do???
fireflylady
/ September 11, 2009has anyone found out how to fix the anoying problem with firefox and fb the gray screen the slow slow running action? It feels like I am trying to use ie 6 on a 3.1.?????? whaz up?
Bentcorner
/ September 12, 2009@fireflylady: It got better for me when I put more RAM in the laptop.
Walt
/ December 7, 2009This is not just firefox. It happens to me with FF, PDF viewer, system monitor, most anything. I believe it has to do with maybe low memory, except I have 8GB, I don’t know, I think it is a resource thing as it will recover. I believe I also had it in 9.04, 8.10, and 9.10.
What will annoy me to no end is if this is a Ubuntu issue alone. After the debacle, that was upgrading to 9.10, I am pretty close to going to either another distro or Win7…or maybe Mac, because, from everything I’ve seen and heard, Mac’s “just work”.
Rick
/ December 7, 2009@Walt: This weekend I put Windows XP back on my laptop and I’m really happy with it. I’m not going to screw around with fake UNIX again unless I have to because of my job. If I do, it wont be Ubuntu. I’ll go with one of the other distributions.