Not that this helps much for a laptop setup. But since I think that the problem is more deeply rooted than this. I tried what happens when the ext3 journal is kept on a fast external device ... It seems to take the pressure of the vm, so that its fairness bugs do not hurt much anymore.
http://insights.oetiker.ch/linux/external-journal-on-ssd.html cheers tobi -- Tobi Oetiker, OETIKER+PARTNER AG, Aarweg 15 CH-4600 Olten http://it.oetiker.ch [EMAIL PROTECTED] ++41 62 213 9902 -- Heavy Disk I/O harms desktop responsiveness https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/131094 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
