MySQL database freezing after 'use'
On the first "use" command after login, MySQL scans database, tables and columns name for auto completion. If you have many db, tables it could take a while.

To avoid that, launch your client with the -A option (or --no-auto-rehash)

mysql -uroot -p -A


You could also add the disable_auto_rehash variable in your my.cnf (in the [mysql] section) if you want to disable it completely. This change does not require a reboot (it is a client, not server, variable).