Re: [gentoo-user] Can't kill Firefox!

2011-07-23 Thread Michael Schreckenbauer
On Saturday 23 July 2011 10:24:17 Sebastian Beßler wrote: > Am 22.07.2011 21:20, schrieb Michael Schreckenbauer: > > Maybe because you did not enable compositing in xfce4, but use it with > > kde4? > > No, disabling composition is the first thing I do. Ah, thanks. Without a backtrace it's hard to

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't kill Firefox!

2011-07-23 Thread Michael Schreckenbauer
On Saturday 23 July 2011 09:28:43 Mick wrote: > > Well, have a look at http://www.mail-archive.com/ubuntu- > > b...@lists.ubuntu.com/msg1483058.html for an example how the open source > > atidrivers can hang X with firefox. Note that compositing was enabled > > here (compiz). And here's another one

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't kill Firefox!

2011-07-23 Thread Todd Goodman
* Mick [110723 10:20]: > On Saturday 23 Jul 2011 14:31:23 Todd Goodman wrote: > > * Stroller [110723 09:21]: > > > On 21 July 2011, at 19:48, Dale wrote: > > > > ... > > > > I would try to kill it as root. The -9 option should work. That > > > > hasn't failed me yet. I always run kill commands

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't kill Firefox!

2011-07-23 Thread Mick
On Saturday 23 Jul 2011 14:31:23 Todd Goodman wrote: > * Stroller [110723 09:21]: > > On 21 July 2011, at 19:48, Dale wrote: > > > ... > > > I would try to kill it as root. The -9 option should work. That > > > hasn't failed me yet. I always run kill commands as root and DOUBLE > > > check the

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't kill Firefox!

2011-07-23 Thread Todd Goodman
* Stroller [110723 09:21]: > > On 21 July 2011, at 19:48, Dale wrote: > > ... > > I would try to kill it as root. The -9 option should work. That hasn't > > failed me yet. I always run kill commands as root and DOUBLE check the PID > > after typing it in. > > I believe that `kill -9` is bad

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't kill Firefox!

2011-07-23 Thread Stroller
On 21 July 2011, at 19:48, Dale wrote: > ... > I would try to kill it as root. The -9 option should work. That hasn't > failed me yet. I always run kill commands as root and DOUBLE check the PID > after typing it in. I believe that `kill -9` is bad practice - doesn't it leave memory allocate

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't kill Firefox!

2011-07-23 Thread Mick
On Friday 22 Jul 2011 20:20:47 Michael Schreckenbauer wrote: > On Friday 22 July 2011 18:41:26 Sebastian Beßler wrote: > > Am 22.07.2011 16:57, schrieb Alan McKinnon: > > > It may look like KDE is the likely culprit based on just the > > > information you provide, but I would be more inclined to lo

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't kill Firefox!

2011-07-23 Thread Sebastian Beßler
Am 22.07.2011 21:20, schrieb Michael Schreckenbauer: > Maybe because you did not enable compositing in xfce4, but use it with kde4? No, disabling composition is the first thing I do. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't kill Firefox!

2011-07-22 Thread Michael Schreckenbauer
On Friday 22 July 2011 18:41:26 Sebastian Beßler wrote: > Am 22.07.2011 16:57, schrieb Alan McKinnon: > > It may look like KDE is the likely culprit based on just the > > information you provide, but I would be more inclined to look at > > browser plugins first, concentrating on those with both Fir

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't kill Firefox!

2011-07-22 Thread Mick
On Friday 22 Jul 2011 17:18:40 Sebastian Beßler wrote: > Am 22.07.2011 17:05, schrieb Volker Armin Hemmann: > > and you strace'd firefox, X or chromium to see where this stuff hangs, > > did you? > > No I did not, a strace is only as good as the person who can read it, > and in my case is that not

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't kill Firefox!

2011-07-22 Thread Sebastian Beßler
Am 22.07.2011 16:57, schrieb Alan McKinnon: > It may look like KDE is the likely culprit based on just the > information you provide, but I would be more inclined to look at > browser plugins first, concentrating on those with both Firefox and > Chromium versions from the same developer team.

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't kill Firefox!

2011-07-22 Thread Sebastian Beßler
Am 22.07.2011 17:05, schrieb Volker Armin Hemmann: > and you strace'd firefox, X or chromium to see where this stuff hangs, did > you? No I did not, a strace is only as good as the person who can read it, and in my case is that not much, not because I'm too stupid but because I rather let my dri

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't kill Firefox!

2011-07-22 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Friday 22 July 2011 16:39:41 Sebastian Beßler wrote: > Am 22.07.2011 15:13, schrieb Volker Armin Hemmann: > > maybe it is not KDE's fault when firefox is badly coded? > > Lets think. > KDE4+Firefox = X hangs and firefox can't be killed > XFCE4+Firefox = no problems > > Sure, it has to be firef

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't kill Firefox!

2011-07-22 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Friday 22 July 2011 16:39:41 Sebastian Beßler did opine thusly: > Am 22.07.2011 15:13, schrieb Volker Armin Hemmann: > > maybe it is not KDE's fault when firefox is badly coded? > > Lets think. > KDE4+Firefox = X hangs and firefox can't be killed > XFCE4+Firefox = no problems > > Sure, it has

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't kill Firefox!

2011-07-22 Thread Sebastian Beßler
Am 22.07.2011 15:13, schrieb Volker Armin Hemmann: > maybe it is not KDE's fault when firefox is badly coded? Lets think. KDE4+Firefox = X hangs and firefox can't be killed XFCE4+Firefox = no problems Sure, it has to be firefox Oh and a test 20 minutes ago showed KDE4+Chromium = X hangs and ch

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't kill Firefox!

2011-07-22 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Thursday 21 July 2011 19:38:53 Mick wrote: > Whatever Dale had on his machine must have infected mine! LOL! > > A 32bit x86 box with KDE4.6, running firefox-3.6.17 and xulrunner-1.9.2.17 > after a few hours and loads of tabs (sometimes up to 15 or so) eventually > hangs X. > > I can switch to

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't kill Firefox!

2011-07-22 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Friday 22 July 2011 13:54:09 Sebastian Beßler wrote: > Am 21.07.2011 20:38, schrieb Mick: > > Whatever Dale had on his machine must have infected mine! LOL! > > > > A 32bit x86 box with KDE4.6, running firefox-3.6.17 and > > xulrunner-1.9.2.17 after a few hours and loads of tabs (sometimes up

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't kill Firefox!

2011-07-22 Thread Sebastian Beßler
Am 21.07.2011 20:38, schrieb Mick: > Whatever Dale had on his machine must have infected mine! LOL! > > A 32bit x86 box with KDE4.6, running firefox-3.6.17 and xulrunner-1.9.2.17 > after a few hours and loads of tabs (sometimes up to 15 or so) eventually > hangs X. I had the same problem with

Re: [gentoo-user] Can't kill Firefox!

2011-07-21 Thread Dale
Mick wrote: Whatever Dale had on his machine must have infected mine! LOL! A 32bit x86 box with KDE4.6, running firefox-3.6.17 and xulrunner-1.9.2.17 after a few hours and loads of tabs (sometimes up to 15 or so) eventually hangs X. I can switch to a console and login as the user running the X

[gentoo-user] Can't kill Firefox!

2011-07-21 Thread Mick
Whatever Dale had on his machine must have infected mine! LOL! A 32bit x86 box with KDE4.6, running firefox-3.6.17 and xulrunner-1.9.2.17 after a few hours and loads of tabs (sometimes up to 15 or so) eventually hangs X. I can switch to a console and login as the user running the X session, th