Sometimes you'll see Firefox taking up 98% of cpu time, that's when I kill it.
************************************************* --- On Wed, 5/6/09, Paul McNett <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Paul McNett <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [NF] why does FireFox keep crapping out? > To: [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, May 6, 2009, 11:40 AM > Stephen Russell wrote: > > On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 4:43 AM, Alan Bourke <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Firefox never freezes for me - on Windows or > Linux. Does it freeze in > >> Safe Mode (Firefox Safe Mode) ? > >> > >> If not then some add-on or plug-in could be > causing the problem. Maybe > >> you should go wholesale to Ubuntu or other Linux > though, since nothing > >> ever, ever crashes on it ever. > > Apps crash on Linux all the time. But the only time I've > ever had to reboot Linux is > when there's a kernel update I wanted to apply, or when my > hard drive failed. It's > never been a problem to kill a process gone awry, for > example. > > I've found that FF craps out on all three platforms I use > it on (Lin, Win, and Mac) > after I've been running it for a few days with 30+ tabs > open. When this happens I > kill it, which hasn't been a problem even on Windows (XP). > > > --------------- > > > > I am heavy on the add ins for FF. > > AdBlock Plus > > AVG Safe Search > > AVG Security tool bar > > FireFTP > > Forecast Fox > > MiniMap > > RSS Ticker > > StumbleUpon > > TinyURL Creator > > Undo Closed Tabs > > The only addin I use is GreaseMonkey (so I can interact > with Facebook without being > distracted by the ads). > > Paul > > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: [email protected] > Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox > OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech > Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox > This message: > http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] > ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are > the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or > medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for > those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious. > _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
