<div dir="ltr">Using Debian XFCE, I've suddenly got a strange erratic system hang in the last week or so.<div><br></div><div>I've done some sleuthing, and this bit of my .bashrc:</div><div>HISTSIZE=1000</div><div>HISTFILESIZE=2000</div>
<div>causes a 20-25 second delay in the execution of .bashrc, during which every other process running also pauses.</div><div><br></div><div>There's also the same delay at the end of the .bashrc execution and before the terminal prompt appears. Renaming .bashrc doesn't affect the delay before the prompt appears.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Attempting to open a file manager on my home folder also causes this delay (but not if it opens on any other folder, but opening a terminal in another folder still causes the delay).</div><div><br></div>
<div>Attempting to google the problem only takes me to endless tutorials on how to set a delay in bash.</div><div><br></div><div>Anyone got any ideas?</div><div>My gut is telling me that there's a problem with my home folder that's causing the disk driver to spin/timeout, but I don't know how to verify this.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Thanks for any help,</div><div><br></div><div>Marcus</div><div><br></div></div>