I would assume that everybody has this bug or is "having this problem". I asked of couple of friends who use Ubuntu and tried to figure out why some of them have the CPU overload problem and some other have no problem at all.
It turned out that those who do not suffer from the problem have the Flashblock add-on installed. I installed the plugin myself et voilà no problem anymore: no cpu load of (up to) 380% (!!!) and no overheating anymore. I used the sharehoster site "share-online.biz" as a testing ground. The moment I deactivated the Flashblock add-on, restarted the browser and visited the site to download anything, the CPU was rising higher and higher within a few seconds. With the add-on activated there were no problems at all. I, therefore, assume that you only have to stumble upon a site with the "wrong" flash adverts to let the plugin-container display that CPU- eating behaviour. -- 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 : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
