[ale] dragging response times

[Michael D. Hirsch]

On Wednesday 10 March 2004 07:27 pm, walter Sams wrote:
> I recently installed mandrake 9.1 on my network and notice that when
> typing emails or word processor documents, I get a severe pause after
> typing 18 or 20 words.  The cursor dissapears and no letters show up
> when I type for 10 or 15 seconds.  then everything I typed  (in the
> dark) pops on the screen and the program acts normal for a few more
> words.  This acts like a buffer problem to me.  How would one begin
> to identify and correct a problem like this?  I am not running any
> programs now that I did not run before I switched.
>
> I have an accounting program, evolution 1.2.2, a pyla fax gui and
> open office running.  I watched the system monitor to see if
> resources were used up but saw nothing, the scales never showed more
> than 3-6% usage

I had this exact problem with Mandrake 9.2.  More specifically my wife 
had it.  The only solution we found was to stop using evolution.  She 
hasn't had it since moving to Mozilla for mail.

I use Mandrake, but with kmail and have never seen the problem.

I have had similar problems with various RedHat versions.  I solved it 
once by killing autorun.  Mandrake doesn't use autorun, so that isn't 
your problem.  Recently, I think it is due to my usb mouse becoming 
unregistered.  The symptoms are slightly different--my mouse freezes, 
but everything else is okay.  I think (hope) I've solved it just by 
reseating my mouse in the socket.  I haven't noticed it lately.

Michael