Doesn't ANYONE know how to solve this problem ?

[Martin Andersen <s747 ii uib no>]

If you think it's normal for rxvt to use 100% of
the CPU while listing the /usr/lib directory --
do not read any further. If not, continue.. :)


Allright, this question has been posted two times
before on the redhat-list and the redhat-install-list,
without a single reply.
Should I assume that no-one else have had this problem
and thus don't know how to solve it?

What I am experiencing (after a _clean_ install off
a RedHat 4.1 CD) are major slowdowns that can be
noticed when using terminal emulators. I have already
consulted two programmers that write such programs,
but they didn't have a clue -- so therefore I am
calling out for all you Linux-gurus out there:
Please help me on this!

The problem occurs on THREE completely different
PCs, so it's not hardware-specific.
As I mentioned at the beginning of the text
(using rxvt as an example), all operations involving
terminal-emulators give me slowdowns. This is
especially noticeable when using rxvt, since it's a
little fancier than xterm.

Perhaps the word `slowdowns' isn't really describing
this situation very well - it takes more than
*10 seconds* to list /usr/lib (for instance), and
while doing that, it eats all available CPU.
In other words: SOMETHING IS VERY WRONG HERE!

And I yet haven't been able to figure out what.
I have tried all I can think of by now, and spent
many, many days trying to solve this fucker, but I
am really at a loss.

Please help me figure this one out - before I'm
going mad! :-/