> Hi, > > updatedb is set to run about an hour after I boot up in the morning. > Once it is started, my machine is almost unusable for 10 minutes. Moving > windows around the screen is unbearable: sometimes when I move a window > I can see X redrawing the screen line by line. If it was any slower I'd > just about see pixels forming. Typing into a shell is like being > connected at 300 baud with a dodgy modem.
If it is an option, why not leave the machine running once you leave for the day and get a cron job to kick off the updatedb in the early hours of the morning? This has always been my preferred method. HTH Jamie
