Comment 1 for bug 105328

Well I have maybe solved the problems:
- Updates again today, including kernel and vmwareplayer kernel module
- my Swap wasn't being utilized at all (herd bug? probably fixed) My swap use is minimal however, but at least its available now
- VMWare Player was nice=(-10) so vmware was getting a lot of love but the rest of the desktop was not. I reniced VMWare to 0 (zero) and EVERYTHING, including VMWare Player (!), seems more responsive (this may be tied to the updates as well). Generally, I don't think that a VM should have more attention than the rest of my desktop, unless I am running a server (and if that is the case, I should know to renice my VMs if I needed to do so).

This wasn't the only time I noticed these slowdowns, but I cannot really recall what was going on the rest of the time. Maybe all is fixed, I hope so! Thanks again.