[opensuse] Firefox 3.X 100% CPU usage makes it unusable - urgent fix required
Hi all, Can someone assist me to sort out a 100% CPU usage by FireFox. It happens with all 3.X versions. FF is unusable at the moment. I have searched and see that it has been a problem in most FF versions and Linux. I need an urgent fix. Our ERPII system uses Web Browsers (Web 2.0 & LAMP). The Windows users with M$IE have no problems, but it is banned in our company. System: OpenSUSE 10.3 Linux ~ 2.6.22.19-0.1-default #1 SMP 2008-10-14 22:17:43 +0200 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux FireFox: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.0.5) Gecko/2008121300 SUSE/3.0.5-2.3 Firefox/3.0.5 TIA :-( Al -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
LLLActive@GMX.Net wrote:
Might it be a javascript problem? I know your web2 stuff will be all javascript, but try disabling it and see what happens to the CPU-usage. Or just go browse a public page without javascript. /Per -- /Per Jessen, Zürich -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
LLLActive@GMX.Net schrieb:
Your report misses quite a bit of technical information. The only really known thing is that the sqlite use for history and bookmarks can slow down Firefox quite a lot (not sure if it uses 100% CPU since usually it's just IO bound). That depends also on the filesystem used for the profiles. If it turns out that is your issue you can try to improve it by setting the pref pref("toolkit.storage.synchronous", 0); So if that isn't your issue, we need for sure much more information. Wolfgang -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On 01/09/2009 06:03 PM, LLLActive@GMX.Net wrote:
I do not believe Firefox is the problem, but a plug-in. My suspicion is acroread using nspluginwrapper (since I see you are using x86_64. I have seen that cause 100% and massive memory leak. That problem was so bad I have changed mine to open pdfs with Kpdf instead of Acrobat Reader (for both Thunderbird and Firefox, though it was mostly the plug-in causing the problems. -- Joe Morris Registered Linux user 231871 running openSUSE 10.3 x86_64 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Joe Morris wrote:
Hi Per, jdd, Hugo, Wolfgang, Joe, I thank you all for responding! OK; first I am going to test without any plug-ins to see if it improves. We will also deactivate plug-ins on the Windows machines. I will report the results shortly. Installed are: Adblock (Win & Lin), Beagle Indexer (was deactivated in Lin, not installed in Win), Deutsches Woerterbuch (Win & Lin), FoxStox (Lin), NoScript (Win & Lin), Print Context Menu (Lin) [Win=XP & Vista & Lin=OpenSUSE 10.3] TIA :-) Al -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
LLLActive@GMX.Net wrote:
I had that problem and as already mentioned it was with the adobe acrobat or flash plugin. When it happens I just used ps -elf | grep acro or ps -elf | grep adobe and then killed the offending process. I finally set my default pdf viewer to kpdf and the problem went away. I like the text/graphic selection better in kpdf anyway. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
David C. Rankin said the following on 01/09/2009 11:06 AM:
+1 Shame its not in KDE4 yet. (Or if it is its in a repository I don't know about) -- "Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die." The Princess Bride, William Goldman -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Marcus Meissner wrote:
Guess I have to add that to my new list of teenage lingo right along with plasmoid, widget and wodim. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Friday 2009 January 09 19:30:56 David C. Rankin wrote:
Marcus Meissner wrote:
It is called "okular" in KDE4.
Of course, users really shouldn't have to think about that. If it's really a drop-in replacement it should "Provides" kpdf so that "zypper in kpdf" pulls it in. Also, opening a PDF is such a common computing task that it should be installed (and associated with PDFs) whenever the user chooses the KDE 4 desktop. Advanced users should expect so update their working knowledge of the system, though.
Guess I have to add that to my new list of teenage lingo right along with plasmoid, widget and wodim.
Widget? Really? That's been around a /long/ time. At least since Java 1.1, probably much longer. (I wouldn't be surprised if NeXT gave it it's programming meaning.) http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/widget says it has been around in some form since 1924. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. bss@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/ \_/
* lynn <lynn@steve-ss.com> [01-10-09 18:43]:
What does it mean teenage lingo?
slang, acronyms and/or anything off-the-wall mostly means something unexpected meaning something unrelated difficult to put into words 8^) -- Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA HOG # US1244711 http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://counter.li.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Saturday 10 January 2009 5:36 pm, lynn wrote:
Guess I have to add that to my new list of teenage lingo
What does it mean teenage lingo?
Teenage: Of, relating to, or applicable to those aged 13 through 19. (http://www.thefreedictionary.com/teenage) Lingo: The specialized vocabulary of a particular field or discipline. (http://www.thefreedictionary.com/lingo) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Friday 09 January 2009, LLLActive@GMX.Net wrote:
Try Seamonkey instead of FireFox i use only Seamonkey now FF always seems patchy and well a bit unreliable Pete . -- SuSE Linux 10.3-Alpha3. (Linux is like a wigwam - no Gates, no Windows, and an Apache inside.) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On 2009/01/09 20:55 (GMT) peter nikolic composed:
Try Seamonkey instead of FireFox i use only Seamonkey now FF always seems patchy and well a bit unreliable
I get virtually identical behavior between SM & FF using the same tabs as in my post on Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:38:50 -0500. -- "Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it." Proverbs 22:6 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On 2009/01/09 11:03 (GMT+0100) LLLActive@GMX.Net composed:
I'm using 32 bit 11.0/KDE3 without eye candy on a 3.4G Cedar Mill P4 (Hyperthreading) with 4G RAM, Intel G31 video. With 2 Youtube tabs, http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0110684/ and tabs for 5 of the people in that movie's images pages, top shows FF using 400M virt & 130-140% CPU, with overall CPU between 60-70%. I have installed flash-player and various goodies like libdvdcss & vlc from the non-default repos. It takes FF a ridiculous time just to switch tabs. -- "Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it." Proverbs 22:6 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
LLLActive@GMX.Net wrote:
Might it be a javascript problem? I know your web2 stuff will be all javascript, but try disabling it and see what happens to the CPU-usage. Or just go browse a public page without javascript. /Per -- /Per Jessen, Zürich -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
LLLActive@GMX.Net schrieb:
Your report misses quite a bit of technical information. The only really known thing is that the sqlite use for history and bookmarks can slow down Firefox quite a lot (not sure if it uses 100% CPU since usually it's just IO bound). That depends also on the filesystem used for the profiles. If it turns out that is your issue you can try to improve it by setting the pref pref("toolkit.storage.synchronous", 0); So if that isn't your issue, we need for sure much more information. Wolfgang -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On 01/09/2009 06:03 PM, LLLActive@GMX.Net wrote:
I do not believe Firefox is the problem, but a plug-in. My suspicion is acroread using nspluginwrapper (since I see you are using x86_64. I have seen that cause 100% and massive memory leak. That problem was so bad I have changed mine to open pdfs with Kpdf instead of Acrobat Reader (for both Thunderbird and Firefox, though it was mostly the plug-in causing the problems. -- Joe Morris Registered Linux user 231871 running openSUSE 10.3 x86_64 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Joe Morris wrote:
Hi Per, jdd, Hugo, Wolfgang, Joe, I thank you all for responding! OK; first I am going to test without any plug-ins to see if it improves. We will also deactivate plug-ins on the Windows machines. I will report the results shortly. Installed are: Adblock (Win & Lin), Beagle Indexer (was deactivated in Lin, not installed in Win), Deutsches Woerterbuch (Win & Lin), FoxStox (Lin), NoScript (Win & Lin), Print Context Menu (Lin) [Win=XP & Vista & Lin=OpenSUSE 10.3] TIA :-) Al -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
LLLActive@GMX.Net wrote:
I had that problem and as already mentioned it was with the adobe acrobat or flash plugin. When it happens I just used ps -elf | grep acro or ps -elf | grep adobe and then killed the offending process. I finally set my default pdf viewer to kpdf and the problem went away. I like the text/graphic selection better in kpdf anyway. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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