How do I stop Ubuntu from hanging due to processes going into 'disk sleep'?
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I'm using Ubuntu 9.04 64 bit on an AMD. It regularly hangs for a few minutes at a time when some of the processes's CPU usage % goes into 'disk sleep'. During that time I can't start new programs and most of the programs on the desktop become unresponsive.
I would rather it didn't hang and my applications remained reliably responsive. Why does this happen and how can I stop it?
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