I was having the problem originally described: very slow 'reading package lists' in 'apt-get update'
Using 32 bit kernel 3.5.0-39-generic on latest thinkpad X230 with 16 GB RAM. Samsung 840 pro.
Either of two things made the problem go away:
- reduce RAM to 8 GB - downgrade to kernel 3.2.0-52-generic-pae
Didn't try the available 3.8 package as the vbox drivers had previously failed to compile so I removed it.
I was having the problem originally described: very slow 'reading package lists' in 'apt-get update'
Using 32 bit kernel 3.5.0-39-generic on latest thinkpad X230 with 16 GB RAM. Samsung 840 pro.
Either of two things made the problem go away:
- reduce RAM to 8 GB generic- pae
- downgrade to kernel 3.2.0-52-
Didn't try the available 3.8 package as the vbox drivers had previously failed to compile so I removed it.