<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 8/8/08, <b class="gmail_sendername">Ixo X oxI</b> <<a href="mailto:ixo@myna.ws">ixo@myna.ws</a>> wrote:</span>
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<div dir="ltr">Some more 2 1/2 cents.....<br><br>Sometimes when the storage is full (or near full), response time is down. (check in Terminal with 'df' and see how much free disk space you have.) If downloading large amounts of data, or in process of updating, could also be the cause.<br>
<br>Frequently, when I see such un-responsiveness.. likely I have clicked on an activity icon twice by habit, they are both competing to start up. <br><br>Hmmmm... maybe this could be a feature request for 8.2.0 ? If you try to start an activity while it is still already in 'loading' phase... prompt with 'Do you want to run duplicate activities ?' or if the second click is 'close too' the first click.. ignore.. :)</div>
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<div>IIRC something like was already discussed either here or on sugar a couple of weeks ago. But of course I can't find the link to the thread now.</div>
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<div>And another note (not specifically directed at you Ixo!): Let us all stop trying to push every little thing into 8.2.0!</div>
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<div>Cheers,</div>
<div>Christoph</div>
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<div dir="ltr">While in Terminal, also check 'top' or 'ps' for running process... 'uptime' to see the load averages. See if there's a different between times..<br><br>Good Luck,<br><span class="sg">-iXo</span>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 17:05, John Gilmore <span dir="ltr"><<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:gnu@toad.com" target="_blank">gnu@toad.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div>> For instance - the XO has been sitting there for a minute or more<br>> (in Terminal). I want to key in a command, so I start typing.<br>> Nothing changes. I do *NOT* know if my XO is alive or dead.<br>> Suddenly (after one or more seconds) the typed character appears on<br>
> the screen. My XO is alive, after all !!<br> </div>
<div>> [I have 'suspend' turned off. Using Q2E12f, firmware 5.110.22.p17.]<br><br> </div>This looks a *lot* like how an XO acts when Suspend is on. See if the<br>power LED has gone off and just blinks occasionally -- that's how you really<br>
tell whether you are in suspend. Power LED on steadily = no suspend.<br>Power LED off most of the time, blinking on = you're suspended.<br><br>You have to look BEFORE you start typing. The first key you hit will<br>
wake it up again, but it takes the kernel about a second of powered-on<br>time before it becomes responsive again. (We hope to reduce that<br>significantly, but it's hard work.)<br><font color="#888888"><br> John<br>
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