Hello, My system also come very slow when updatedb.mlocate is running.
Try to run it with slowest priority for the process. I added the nice parameter to /etc/cron.daily/mlocate (see it attached). Regards ** Attachment added: "/etc/cron.daily/mlocate" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/37387269/mlocate -- updatedb.mlocate slows applications to unusable state, while running https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/332790 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