Re: Doesn't ANYONE know how to solve this problem ?

[pepersb cuug ab ca (Brad Pepers)]

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> 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.

Could you please post what the hardware is.  Mainly CPU speed, memory,
and harddrive type.

> 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!

Can you please post the results of using "time" on you command.  Something
like "time ls /usr/lib".  This will show exactly how long its taking and
a bit more info.  Also please post the exact command you are using.

> 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.

There are quite a few tools you can use to try and figure this out but you
need to post more information showing exactly what you are typing and on
what hardware.

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