David Eckhardt <David_Eckhardt@piper.nectar.cs.cmu.edu> writes:

> 
> One thing I've noticed is what I call "blinky-light mode".  During times of
> heavier-than-normal memory activity, often related to X, the system will
> appear to wedge (no mouse tracking, no keyboard echo) for as much as 30
> seconds or a minute.

AFAIK, this is fixed in -current.