iceweasel/iceape/epiphany/galeon download manager problems (etch)

["Andreas Goesele" <Goesele@hfph.mwn.de>]

Hi,

having moved from sarge to etch I now have a big problem with the
browsers in the subject line: Downloading a page is incredibly slow or
even makes the browsers hang:

In all case it takes a long time for the download manager to start and
saving too is very slow. With firefox (iceweasel) I once experienced a
freeze, galeon and epiphany freeze with every attempt to save.

My suspicion is that the download manager reads first my home
directory - which is huge - and for that reason takes long to
start. But under sarge this wasn't a problem and other programs too
manage to open my home directory in a reasonable time.

Any suggestions?

Thanks a lot in advance!

Andreas Goesele

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