processes in disk sleep state

Hi!

My problem is, firefox (3.6.12 and 4.0 beta 7) freezes for seconds/minutes and enters in disk sleep state (the usb-storage process too).
My system is an EeePC 701, openSUSE 11.3 x86, with the /home and swap partitions on a SD card.

Thank your help in advance!

On 2010-11-20 10:06, mfeerf wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> My problem is, firefox (3.6.12 and 4.0 beta 7) freezes for
> seconds/minutes and enters in disk sleep state (the usb-storage process
> too).

I don’t know about your hardware, but this would indicate that the disk is
not responding and so software is kept waiting for it. It could happen, for
instance, if there are disk errors and the kernel is trying and trying.

Just a guess.

If I’m correct, the errors would show in the log.


Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 11.2 x86_64 “Emerald” at Telcontar)