hello,

i am using ubuntu hardy herron on my acer laptop and every so many minutes the system (or may be only X) is unresponsive for about 30 seconds before it continues again. this happens at irregular intervals in any program. i have had the same thing in 'simply mepis 7.0'. i think the problem is kernel related as it did not do this with older kernels, i have used 'simply mepis 6.06 lts' for two years and this did not happen. the kernel version was 2.6.15. this problem is particularly a nuisance when watching a movie. the mouse remains responsive, clicks are registered but not executed straight away until after the period of temporary unresponsiveness.

apart from that, this kernel does a lot of other things a lot better such as better recognition of usb camera, power management, and special laptop keys just to name a few.

does anyone know what may trigger this unresponsiveness? and may be what could be done about it?

any suggestion is much appreciated, tnx.