Danie Roux wrote: > Using XFS, and kernel 2.6.8. > In the past two weeks I noticed that my PC load shoots up on anything that > needs disk activity. The CPU's are quiet during all this: > It gets so bad that the mouse starts jerking! Have you adjusted the priority of X? Check /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config - nice_value should be 0 (not -10) for 2.6 kernels. Adam