2.4.0-test4-pre4 -- Mouse pointer gets very jumpy and freezes for ~1-2 seconds when lots of disk activity happening

From: Miles Lane (miles@speakeasy.org)
Date: Fri Jul 14 2000 - 11:22:10 EDT

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If I run "slocate -u" (which reads my entire directory tree),
my mouse pointer gets very unresponsive. Is this going to
get fixed by the new vm when it gets added? I am using a mousepad
in a Quantex H-1331 laptop.

Miles

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