I have switched to Shiretoko (via an Ubuntu PPA) and haven't seen this problem in the newer version.
I would imagine the problem still exists on Firefox 3.0 though. Unfortunately, none of the methods suggested by Leann seemed to point to a way of isolating this I/O problem, so I didn't attempt any. Noone else has seen this? -- occasionally 15-30 seconds of blocking I/O in firefox https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/270021 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs