I don't know exactly what changed, but I was having the problem earlier today, did a large batch of updates, including linux-image 2.6.31-10-31, and the problem is no longer present. It was constantly reproducible for the past weeks, so this is a noticeable change.
I can no longer reproduce this with firefox, pidgin, or any other app that exhibited it. Assuming that it does not get re-broken with 2.6.31-10-32, and can't otherwise be reproduced tomorrow, I'll mark it as fix released. -- Multiple GUI apps freezing with high I/O wait during typing https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/417041 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