Hi all
For the last few months I have been plagued by very slow response from
my system. As an example, it takes 2 1/2 minutes to drag and drop 80
files from my email inbox to the trash bin in icedove. It has taken as
high as 5 minutes for iceweasel to load. This problem is not just
these packages but also applies to all of the rest of my programs.
I am using Debian Wheezy with a i5750 4 core processor on a fast Intel
board. I run a kde desktop. All the software is up to date.
I have checked all of the log files and can't find any anomalies.
Rebooting doesn't help.
Using the KDE System Monitor (ksysguard) I have noticed that at least
one of the processors goes to 100% and stays there for long periods
even though there is no noticeable activity in the process tables. The
only other thing I have noticed (the printing just hung up while I am
writing this) is that the hard drive indicator comes on and stays on
during the processor activity. I ran some checks on the hard drive but
found no indication of any hard drive problems.
Has anyone else had a similar problem or have any idea what is going on.
Thanks in advance
Gary R.