The kernel bug theory seems to hold true, as the problem is much less severe with kernel 2.6.38. The system is now down to stalling for seconds at a time instead of hours at a time. An improvement by a factor of 3600x from one version to the next!
Since the problem appears to be in the process of being solved, I guess we can say crisis averted. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/582264 Title: lucid lynx going into disk activity frenzy, stalls for minutes -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
