Well, it's not Gnome or Firefox specific.

It's now hung when Firefox wasn't loaded and again, twice, when running
with KDE.

SSHing in and running 'top' shows fairly high load (3.94) but very
little CPU activity ...?

top - 17:39:42 up  3:22,  3 users,  load average: 3.94, 1.68, 1.00
Tasks: 129 total,   1 running, 122 sleeping,   0 stopped,   6 zombie
Cpu(s): 12.2%us,  3.2%sy,  0.1%ni, 83.3%id,  1.2%wa,  0.1%hi,  0.1%si,  0.0%st
Mem:   1535508k total,  1112468k used,   423040k free,    49552k buffers
Swap:  2000052k total,        0k used,  2000052k free,   895260k cached

  PID USER      PR  NI  VIRT  RES  SHR S %CPU %MEM    TIME+  COMMAND            
                          
12799 root      20   0  2444 1080  824 R    2  0.1   0:00.01 top                
                          
    1 root      20   0  3084 1888  564 S    0  0.1   0:01.69 init               
                          
    2 root      15  -5     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 kthreadd           
                          
    3 root      RT  -5     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 migration/0        
                          
    4 root      15  -5     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.83 ksoftirqd/0        
                          
    5 root      RT  -5     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 watchdog/0         
                          
    9 root      15  -5     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.16 events/0           
                          
   11 root      15  -5     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 khelper            
                          
   12 root      RT  -5     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 kstop/0            
                          
   14 root      15  -5     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 kintegrityd/0      
                          
   16 root      15  -5     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 kblockd/0          
                          
   18 root      15  -5     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.32 kacpid             
                          
   19 root      15  -5     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.20 kacpi_notify       
                          
   20 root      15  -5     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 cqueue             
                          
   21 root      15  -5     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 ata/0              
                          
   23 root      15  -5     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 ata_aux            
                          
   24 root      15  -5     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 ksuspend_usbd      
                          
   25 root      15  -5     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 khubd              
                          
   26 root      15  -5     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 kseriod            
                          
   27 root      15  -5     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 kmmcd              
                          
   28 root      15  -5     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 btaddconn          
                          
   29 root      15  -5     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 btdelconn          
                          
   30 root      20   0     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 pdflush            
                          
   31 root      20   0     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.47 pdflush            
                          
   32 root      15  -5     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 kswapd0            
                          
   33 root      15  -5     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 aio/0              
                          
   35 root      15  -5     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 ecryptfs-kthrea    
                          
   38 root      15  -5     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 scsi_eh_0          
                          
   39 root      15  -5     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 scsi_eh_1          
                          
   40 root      15  -5     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 scsi_eh_2          
                          
   41 root      15  -5     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 scsi_eh_3          
                          
   42 root      15  -5     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 kstriped           
                          
   43 root      15  -5     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 kmpathd/0          
                          
   45 root      15  -5     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 kmpath_handlerd    
                          
   46 root      15  -5     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 ksnapd             
                          
   47 root      15  -5     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.06 kondemand/0        
                          
   49 root      10 -10     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 krfcommd           
                          
  312 root      15  -5     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 khpsbpkt           
                          
  381 root      15  -5     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 knodemgrd_0        
                          
  461 root      15  -5     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 scsi_eh_4          
                          
  466 root      15  -5     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:01.10 usb-storage        
                          
  726 root      15  -5     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.62 kjournald          
                          
  861 root      16  -4  2224  584  316 S    0  0.0   0:00.33 udevd              
                          
 1450 root      24   4     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:01.81 ktoshkeyd          
                          
 1519 root      15  -5     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 kpsmoused          
                          
 1528 root      15  -5     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 pccardd            
                          
 1603 root      15  -5     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:01.14 iwlagn/0           
                          
 1605 root      15  -5     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:01.12 iwlagn             
                          
 2002 root      15  -5     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.41 kjournald          
                          
 2263 root      20   0     0    0    0 D    0  0.0   0:00.00 getty              
                          
 2264 root      20   0     0    0    0 D    0  0.0   0:00.00 getty              
                          
 2270 root      20   0     0    0    0 D    0  0.0   0:00.00 getty              
                          
 2274 root      20   0     0    0    0 D    0  0.0   0:00.00 getty              
                          
 2275 root      20   0     0    0    0 D    0  0.0   0:00.00 getty              
                          
 2334 root      20   0  2600 1524  556 S    0  0.1   0:00.24 acpid              
                          
 2379 syslog    20   0  2040  684  540 S    0  0.0   0:00.07 syslogd            
                          
 2402 root      20   0  1968  532  440 S    0  0.0   0:00.16 dd                 
                          
 2404 klog      20   0  3868 2636  444 S    0  0.2   0:00.20 klogd              
                          
 2427 messageb  20   0  3140 1544  812 S    0  0.1   0:05.33 dbus-daemon        
                          
 2451 root      20   0  5436 1068  680 S    0  0.1   0:00.00 sshd               
                          
 2556 haldaemo  20   0  6664 4672 3888 S    0  0.3   0:02.79 hald               
                          
 2559 root      20   0 17448 2644 1792 S    0  0.2   0:00.25 console-kit-dae    
                          
 2622 root      20   0  3328 1152  928 S    0  0.1   0:00.07 hald-runner        
                          
 2653 root      20   0  5176 1804 1584 S    0  0.1   0:00.10 hald-addon-inpu    
                          
 2663 root      20   0  5176 1912 1648 S    0  0.1   0:00.55 hald-addon-rfki    
                          
 2676 root      20   0  5172 1768 1568 S    0  0.1   0:00.01 hald-addon-gene    
                          
 2677 root      20   0  5172 1808 1604 S    0  0.1   0:00.01 hald-addon-gene    
                          
 2701 root      20   0  5180 1808 1592 S    0  0.1   0:01.40 hald-addon-stor    
                          
 2703 root      20   0  5188 1876 1660 S    0  0.1   0:00.06 hald-addon-cpuf    
                          
 2704 root      15  -5     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:27.01 ipolldevd          
                          
 2705 haldaemo  20   0  5032 1808 1584 S    0  0.1   0:00.06 hald-addon-acpi    
                          
 2796 root      20   0 17552 3924 3260 S    0  0.3   0:02.29 NetworkManager     
                          
 2818 avahi     20   0  3060 1540 1280 S    0  0.1   0:00.09 avahi-daemon       
                          
 2819 avahi     20   0  2944  508  300 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 avahi-daemon       
                          
 2820 root      20   0  7048 3120 2592 S    0  0.2   0:00.05 nm-system-setti    
                          
 2821 root      20   0  4276 1952 1644 S    0  0.1   0:00.11 wpa_supplicant     
                          
 2848 root      20   0  6108 2616 1960 S    0  0.2   0:00.05 cupsd              
                          
 2876 root      20   0  4324 1160  932 S    0  0.1   0:00.00 system-tools-ba    
                          
 2951 daemon    20   0  2096  456  324 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 atd                
                          
 2979 root      20   0  3480 1036  824 S    0  0.1   0:00.00 cron               
                          
 3070 root      20   0     0    0    0 D    0  0.0   0:00.00 getty              
                          
 6089 root      RT  -5     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 migration/1        
                          
 6090 root      15  -5     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.41 ksoftirqd/1        
                          
 6091 root      RT  -5     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 watchdog/1         
                          
 6092 root      15  -5     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 iwlagn/1           
                          
 6093 root      15  -5     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.01 kondemand/1        
                          
 6094 root      15  -5     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 kmpathd/1          
                          
 6095 root      15  -5     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 aio/1              
                          
 6096 root      15  -5     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 ata/1              
                          
 6097 root      15  -5     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 kblockd/1          
                          
 6098 root      15  -5     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 kintegrityd/1      
                          
 6099 root      RT  -5     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 kstop/1            
                          
 6100 root      15  -5     0    0    0 D    0  0.0   0:00.01 events/1           
                          
 6101 root      15  -5     0    0    0 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 mmcqd              
                          
10701 root      20   0  346m  25m  10m S    0  1.7   2:37.20 Xorg               
                          
10745 sicp      20   0 26508 7236 5688 S    0  0.5   0:00.24 gnome-session      
                          
10804 sicp      20   0  4784  600  288 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 ssh-agent          
                          
10805 sicp      20   0  3940  800  604 S    0  0.1   0:00.06 gpg-agent          
                          
10814 sicp      20   0 95688 5624 4196 S    0  0.4   0:10.52 pulseaudio         
                          
10815 sicp      20   0  7844 2644 2136 S    0  0.2   0:00.00 gconf-helper       
                          
10828 sicp      20   0 19128 5676 3988 S    0  0.4   0:00.09 seahorse-agent     
                          
10847 sicp      20   0 39636  12m 8612 S    0  0.8   0:00.68 gnome-settings-    
                          
10852 sicp      20   0     0    0    0 Z    0  0.0   0:00.00 compiz <defunct>   
                          
10917 sicp      20   0 30056  21m 6832 S    0  1.4   0:08.55 compiz.real        
                          
10918 sicp      20   0     0    0    0 Z    0  0.0   0:02.94 gnome-panel 
<defunct>                        
10919 sicp      20   0     0    0    0 Z    0  0.0   0:02.09 nautilus <defunct> 
                          
10923 sicp      20   0     0    0    0 Z    0  0.0   0:00.06 bluetooth-apple 
<defunct>                    
10924 sicp      20   0 28412 9160 7044 S    0  0.6   0:00.09 tilda              
                          
10928 sicp      20   0  2036  696  580 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 gnome-pty-helpe    
                          
10929 sicp      20   0  5884 3128 1444 S    0  0.2   0:00.17 bash               
                          
10947 sicp      20   0     0    0    0 Z    0  0.0   0:00.32 update-notifier 
<defunct>                    
10957 sicp      20   0 18160 4216 2900 S    0  0.3   0:00.39 xfce4-settings-    
                          
10958 sicp      20   0     0    0    0 Z    0  0.0   0:00.33 python <defunct>   
                          
10967 sicp      20   0 36004  11m 9104 S    0  0.8   0:00.48 nm-applet          
                          
10978 sicp      20   0 25352 9248 6324 S    0  0.6   0:00.15 gnome-power-man    
                          
11105 sicp      20   0  1872  496  432 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 sh                 
                          
11106 sicp      20   0  1872  528  448 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 compiz-decorato    
                          
11108 sicp      20   0 20388  10m 7660 S    0  0.7   0:00.79 gtk-window-deco    
                          
11114 root      20   0  2276  984  856 S    0  0.1   0:00.00 dhclient           
                          
11203 sicp      20   0 16704 2952 1780 S    0  0.2   0:02.61 gnome-screensav    
                          
12366 root      20   0  8512 2980 2400 S    0  0.2   0:00.15 sshd               
                          
12374 sicp      20   0  8512 1596 1008 S    0  0.1   0:00.02 sshd               
                          
12377 sicp      20   0  5832 3104 1476 S    0  0.2   0:00.21 bash               
                          
12397 root      20   0  4132 1528 1216 S    0  0.1   0:00.11 su                 
                          
12412 root      20   0  4320 1848 1444 S    0  0.1   0:00.04 bash               
                          
12488 root      20   0  1872  600  480 S    0  0.0   0:00.02 rc                 
                          
12561 root      20   0  2168  440  344 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 usplash            
                          
12768 root      20   0  1872  584  472 S    0  0.0   0:00.00 S20sendsigs        
                          
12780 root      20   0  1660  324  268 D    0  0.0   0:00.00 killall5           
                          


** Attachment added: "'top' shows high load but little CPU activity"
   http://launchpadlibrarian.net/27597382/top4.out

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