After upgrade from Ubuntu 8.04 to 8.10 I encountered the same problem - slow disk access, it takes long for applications to start. Passing "nohz=off" option to the kernel fixes the problem (I didn't tried other solutions).
More info on my hardware: Benq P52 notebook, amd64 turion x2 tl-52, 2 GB RAM, Seagate 320 GB HD, ATI based mainboard (SB400), ATI X1600 graphics card. uname -a: Linux sagittarius 2.6.27-4-generic #1 SMP Mon Sep 22 04:40:15 UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux System: Ubuntu Intrepid 8.10 -- Harddisk to slow on HP 6715s https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/134856 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
