[ale] dragging response times

[Geoffrey]

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

What client is it that you're using for email and word processing?

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Until later, Geoffrey                     Registered Linux User #108567
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