On 12/31/2011 08:36 AM, Timothy Murphy wrote:
My desktop siezes up every hour or so;
I can continue in the current desktop,
but cannot change to another desktop
or go to another application by clicking on an icon in the panel.
The problem cures itself in 20-30 seconds,
so it is not life-threatening.
...
You may want to turn off nepomuk/strigi indexing ... it can be
offensive at times ... and you may want to run a terminal with (h)top
running which may give you a clue what app is running if any or if its
something like IO problem ... failing hard drives can lead to a lack of
responsiveness ... so you may want to run a smart check as well.
Final thought - NFS mounts .. you have any? They can cause blips for
NFS home dirs ...