LinuxMint running slow with Intel 4th Gen Core processor
by cad-guy from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5PD0M)
Hello;
I realize that this subject is probably often discussed, but I posted a new thread because I imagine that the causes for this problem vary widely.
I've been working on this slow system setup for a few months. It ran faster with Deepin Linux, but that had problems with software installation that I couldn't repair so I went with the king of user-friendly: Linux Mint. I'm finding that typing in either social media sites as well as LibreOffice sometimes takes 4-5s for a sentence to propagate.
here is the return from 'inxi -CGSaz'
Code: System: Kernel: 5.4.0-81-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.3.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.4.0-81-generic
root=UUID=c0e0d017-4fcb-4d16-8d1a-76c4c0058401 ro quiet splash
Desktop: Xfce 4.16.0 tk: Gtk 3.24.20 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm4 dm: LightDM 1.30.0
Distro: Linux Mint 20.2 Uma base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal
CPU: Topology: Quad Core model: Intel Core i7-4700MQ bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Haswell
family: 6 model-id: 3C (60) stepping: 3 microcode: 28 L2 cache: 6144 KiB
flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 38308
Speed: 462 MHz min/max: 800/3400 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 558 2: 673 3: 433 4: 541
5: 500 6: 484 7: 551 8: 477
Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: Split huge pages
Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable
Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
Type: spec_store_bypass
mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Full generic retpoline, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW, STIBP:
conditional, RSB filling
Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics: Device-1: Intel 4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics vendor: Dell driver: i915
v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:0416
Device-2: NVIDIA GK104GLM [Quadro K3100M] vendor: Dell driver: N/A bus ID: 01:00.0
chip ID: 10de:11b6
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa
resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 4600 (HSW GT2) v: 4.5 Mesa 21.0.3
compat-v: 3.0 direct render: YesI'm including 'top' and system monitor for today as well.
So far in troubleshooting I tried all updates/upgrades and reduced tabs open in firefox. I also opened the unit and cleaned it out as excessive dust is generally bad. I posted in this forum seperately here. In the responses one person suggested streamlining firefox. I did this but the lag persists not only in firefox but in Chromium and Vivaldi as well. Someone else suggested that "Your problem is your computer has two GPU, and you only have a driver installed for the low power intel one."
Unfortunately I do not understand how to repair that. I thought that upgrading Nvidia drivers would help but that opened another can of worms that I had to repair. If someone can help me with a search term then I'm happy to do the research, but I don't really know what term to explore.
I hope that I've provided enough information for the forum.
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I realize that this subject is probably often discussed, but I posted a new thread because I imagine that the causes for this problem vary widely.
I've been working on this slow system setup for a few months. It ran faster with Deepin Linux, but that had problems with software installation that I couldn't repair so I went with the king of user-friendly: Linux Mint. I'm finding that typing in either social media sites as well as LibreOffice sometimes takes 4-5s for a sentence to propagate.
here is the return from 'inxi -CGSaz'
Code: System: Kernel: 5.4.0-81-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.3.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.4.0-81-generic
root=UUID=c0e0d017-4fcb-4d16-8d1a-76c4c0058401 ro quiet splash
Desktop: Xfce 4.16.0 tk: Gtk 3.24.20 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm4 dm: LightDM 1.30.0
Distro: Linux Mint 20.2 Uma base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal
CPU: Topology: Quad Core model: Intel Core i7-4700MQ bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Haswell
family: 6 model-id: 3C (60) stepping: 3 microcode: 28 L2 cache: 6144 KiB
flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 38308
Speed: 462 MHz min/max: 800/3400 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 558 2: 673 3: 433 4: 541
5: 500 6: 484 7: 551 8: 477
Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: Split huge pages
Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable
Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
Type: spec_store_bypass
mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Full generic retpoline, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW, STIBP:
conditional, RSB filling
Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics: Device-1: Intel 4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics vendor: Dell driver: i915
v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:0416
Device-2: NVIDIA GK104GLM [Quadro K3100M] vendor: Dell driver: N/A bus ID: 01:00.0
chip ID: 10de:11b6
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa
resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 4600 (HSW GT2) v: 4.5 Mesa 21.0.3
compat-v: 3.0 direct render: YesI'm including 'top' and system monitor for today as well.
So far in troubleshooting I tried all updates/upgrades and reduced tabs open in firefox. I also opened the unit and cleaned it out as excessive dust is generally bad. I posted in this forum seperately here. In the responses one person suggested streamlining firefox. I did this but the lag persists not only in firefox but in Chromium and Vivaldi as well. Someone else suggested that "Your problem is your computer has two GPU, and you only have a driver installed for the low power intel one."
Unfortunately I do not understand how to repair that. I thought that upgrading Nvidia drivers would help but that opened another can of worms that I had to repair. If someone can help me with a search term then I'm happy to do the research, but I don't really know what term to explore.
I hope that I've provided enough information for the forum.
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