On Thu, 6 Feb 2003, Harry G wrote: > Pentium Pro 333, 128meg, Suse Linux 8.1 on KDE desktop (usually). 40 gig HD > w/22 gig free. Cable modem. > > Running Mozilla 1.2.1 my daughter tried to load a java plugin with its > automatic download/install feature, or whatever it is called. It locked up > the KDE desktop, and I had to do a <alt><ctrl><backspace> to kill X. Now, in
Ain't KDE grand? > that one user only, when launching Mozilla, it loads about 120 plulginserver > processes! This does NOT happen with any of the other users! > > I looked through the .mozilla file in that one user (works fine for others) > but with my limited experience, I can't tell where it is getting it. > (Cleared the cache and all of that too). > > I next renamed my .mozilla file to .oldmozilla, and ran mozilla. No change, > just a new .mozilla file. > > These processes also don't want to respond to > the kill command. kill -9 <PID> if that doesn't do something, your box is very very hosed. > Is there anywhere a users files could be placed to make it load the dang > pluginserver processes? pluginserver?? That must be some kind of SuSE-ism, cause it isn't a standard thing in Mozilla. > > Mozilla is not useable under the one users desktop, as it slows the system to > a crawl. I'd blame KDE, at least in part, for that. Kill all the wayward processes, and then try again. Not using KDE might help too. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lonni J Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Step-by-step & TyGeMo http://netllama.ipfox.com _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
