Intermittent freezes with kernel-2.6.17-1.2302_FC6

darrell pfeifer darrellpf at gmail.com
Fri Jun 23 18:20:23 UTC 2006


On 6/23/06, Joachim Frieben <jfrieben at freesurf.fr> wrote:
> After applying today's updates to my system, an IBM ThinkPad T23, I notice
> intermittent desktop freezes during which it's even impossible to move the
> mouse pointer for 5-10 seconds. Running 'top' in a shell, a process
> "events/0" is reported at the top of the process list with a load share of
> about 80% after the system has become responsive again. Similar observations?

I'm seeing the same thing on an Dell Inspiron 9300.

It might be I/O related. In my case, beagled happens to be running.
I only get mouse cursor lockups for a few seconds, just long enough to
be annoying.

darrell




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