Kubuntu Stole My Computer

[Alvin]

On Thursday 18 March 2010 13:47:45 Bill vance wrote:
> Howdy;
> 
> A week or so ago, I got a slew of bug-fix/updates.  Since then
> My machine has gotten slower, and slower.  It sits there doing
> nothing, and the instant I move the mouse, or start to type, the
> drive light comes on, and stays on, and on, and on, and on.
> 
> Going through the launcher, it took over twenty minutes to load
> Firefox and get the bookmarks list going.  It's getting worse by
> the day.
> 
> The System Monitor, and top don't tell me that what it is, but do
> say that its doing mostly reads, and some writes on my hard drive,
> and is using 100% of the CPU's time.
> 
> Can someone __PLEASE__ tell me how to fix this?

Not directly, but we can help you look for the process that is causing this.

I have experienced the same, due to different reasons:
- Nepomuk
- Akonadi resources
- Intel graphics drivers

Your problem could be I/O related too. Use iotop to check.