It would be nice if somebody having this problem were to send the bug upstream to the Mozilla developers as well. If you have done so, please tell us the number of the upstream bug (or the link), so we can add a bugwatch that will inform us about its status. Thanks in advance.
** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/635023 Title: firefox plugin-container using 99% CPU - overheating and lock-up Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Binary package hint: firefox Firefox version 3.6.9 Mozilla Firefox for Ubuntu canonical - 1.0 Firefox plugin-container is using almost all of the CPU, which is running hot at full speed even though I'm not using any programs except Firefox, and even when I'm not doing any work. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: firefox 3.6.9+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-24.42-generic 2.6.32.15+drm33.5 Uname: Linux 2.6.32-24-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Architecture: i386 Date: Fri Sep 10 16:21:21 2010 FirefoxPackages: firefox 3.6.9+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 firefox-gnome-support 3.6.9+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 firefox-branding 3.6.9+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 abroswer N/A abrowser-branding N/A ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_GB.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: firefox To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/635023/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp