Slowness on 2009

Hi all,

I don't know what caused it, probably an upgrade from Mandriva's side... 
since a few days my machine (dual core 3GHZ, 4GB RAM, SATA disks) is 
really slow and sluggish.

Worst happens with the browser (firefox 3.5.7, but also 3.0.16). Google 
Chrome locks up the entire machine for 3 to 5 seconds when loading. 
Opera loads faster than chrome, which is unheard of. I have not 
pinpointed where the problem lies, but especially sites like Feedly (an 
RSS reader online) and Facebook are killing things. Switching tabs in 
the browser is tediously slow when switching to or from Facebook or 
Feedly. Google Reader is even worse, I stay away from that.

Is there anyone out there who also runs 2009 and has the same problems?


Another something I noticed: I did a reboot to get the latest kernel 
going (2.6.27.45-server-1mnb). Using that kernel the USB ports nor the 
cardreader in my machine were recognised. I went back to the older 
kernel (2.6.27.37-server-1mnb) and USB and cardreader work just fine again.

Anyone a clue what could cause that?

Regards
Paul

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