ALT+F2 (Run command) takes ages to write a program name

[Luca Manganelli]

On 3/11/07, Luigi <lemsx1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> your system seems to be swapping heavily. Check your memory.

trap at dell:~$ free -m
             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:           503        401        102          0          1        202
-/+ buffers/cache:        196        307
Swap:          807          0        807

> it could also be related to a corrupted hard disk. fsck is your friend. (man
> fsck)

No errors.

> What distribution are you using?

Ubuntu Edgy