Re: [DNG] Typing lags in Firefox 52.7.3 while commenting on youtube.

It still hasn't been determined if this is confirmed to be a Devuan issue or not, so Firefox needs to be ruled out. No it's not supposed to be a solution, it's just information-gathering. Welcome to software testing; yes, we turn things off then on again. On Fri, 27 Apr 2018 18:37:22 +0100

Re: [DNG] Typing lags in Firefox 52.7.3 while commenting on youtube.

I'd agree, but then the profile has to be deleted after and I didn't want to bother checking to see if manager does that correctly. On Fri, 27 Apr 2018 20:42:06 +0200 Florian Zieboll wrote: > It's even more easy: Just start firefox with the "--ProfileManager" > option and

Re: [DNG] Typing lags in Firefox 52.7.3 while commenting on youtube.

On Fri, 27 Apr 2018 10:00:50 -0700 spiralofhope wrote: > The most brute-force test is to create a whole new user profile: > > # (exit firefox) > mv ~/.mozilla ~/.mozilla-backup > # (launch, re-test) > # (exit firefox) > rm -rf ~/.mozilla > mv

Re: [DNG] Typing lags in Firefox 52.7.3 while commenting on youtube.

Isn't it more likely that part of Firefox needs to be paged in, and the local disk is slow? I see this on a few systems, once in a while. On Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 10:37 AM, KatolaZ wrote: > On Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 10:00:50AM -0700, spiralofhope wrote: > > The most

Re: [DNG] Typing lags in Firefox 52.7.3 while commenting on youtube.

On Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 10:00:50AM -0700, spiralofhope wrote: > The most brute-force test is to create a whole new user profile: > > # (exit firefox) > mv ~/.mozilla ~/.mozilla-backup > # (launch, re-test) > # (exit firefox) > rm -rf ~/.mozilla > mv ~/.mozilla-backup ~/.mozilla >

Re: [DNG] Typing lags in Firefox 52.7.3 while commenting on youtube.

The most brute-force test is to create a whole new user profile: # (exit firefox) mv ~/.mozilla ~/.mozilla-backup # (launch, re-test) # (exit firefox) rm -rf ~/.mozilla mv ~/.mozilla-backup ~/.mozilla On Fri, 27 Apr 2018 15:55:36 +0200 Edward Bartolo wrote: > Hi

[DNG] Typing lags in Firefox 52.7.3 while commenting on youtube.

On 27/04/2018, Florian Zieboll wrote: > Am 27. April 2018 15:55:36 MESZ schrieb Edward Bartolo : > >> Does anyone know of anything that can tame Firefox not to gobble all >> my CPU's cycles just to display some letters? > > > I'd have a look at my lng list

Re: [DNG] machine locks up switching between console and X session

Am Freitag 27 April 2018 schrieb Florian Zieboll: > Am 27. April 2018 15:27:46 MESZ schrieb Stefan Krusche : > > It's the default for the default distribution you are using, I think. > > You can change that in /etc/apt/preference with pinning. > > Yeah, thanks - I was

Re: [DNG] Typing lags in Firefox 52.7.3 while commenting on youtube.

Am 27. April 2018 15:55:36 MESZ schrieb Edward Bartolo : > Does anyone know of anything that can tame Firefox not to gobble all > my CPU's cycles just to display some letters? I'd have a look at my lng list of add-ons^^ lg, f. -- [message sent mobile]

Re: [DNG] machine locks up switching between console and X session

Am 27. April 2018 15:13:28 MESZ schrieb KatolaZ : > it's determined in the repo config, and apt acquires this in formation > from the Release files. In particular, if the following fields are > present in the Release file of a suite: > > NotAutomatic: yes >

[DNG] Typing lags in Firefox 52.7.3 while commenting on youtube.

Hi All, I am lately noticing that while typing on youtube to post my comments the types letters take several seconds to become visible. I comment on some youtube channels dealing with electronics. I am using ASCII and firefox version 52.7.3. Does anyone know of anything that can tame Firefox

Re: [DNG] machine locks up switching between console and X session

Am 27. April 2018 15:27:46 MESZ schrieb Stefan Krusche : > It's the default for the default distribution you are using, I think. > You can change that in /etc/apt/preference with pinning. Yeah, thanks - I was just wondering where this default is defined, if not in

Re: [DNG] machine locks up switching between console and X session

Am Freitag 27 April 2018 schrieb Florian Zieboll: > obviously I hit "send" too fast, as I couldn't find that configuration > anywhere under "/etc/apt/". Where is this behavior defined, resp. how > would I change it? (Just in case...) It's the default for the default distribution you are using, I

Re: [DNG] machine locks up switching between console and X session

On Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 02:24:36PM +0200, Florian Zieboll wrote: > On Fri, 27 Apr 2018 14:13:15 +0200 > Florian Zieboll wrote: > > > On Fri, 27 Apr 2018 10:07:02 +0100 > > KatolaZ wrote: > > > > > > > > Pinning should not be needed any more, since the

[DNG] machine locks up switching between console and X session - update

On 04/27/2018 02:23 AM, Steve Litt wrote: [snip] First thing I'd do is test the RAM and the disk. Easy to do, and it would be real shame to chase your video driver tail for a month when it was bad RAM. I'm pretty sure bad RAM can cause almost anything: Why not rule it out early. [snip] Thanks

Re: [DNG] machine locks up switching between console and X session

On Fri, 27 Apr 2018 14:13:15 +0200 Florian Zieboll wrote: > On Fri, 27 Apr 2018 10:07:02 +0100 > KatolaZ wrote: > > > > > Pinning should not be needed any more, since the *-backports suites > > are at prio 100 by default (it was not like that in the

Re: [DNG] machine locks up switching between console and X session

On Fri, 27 Apr 2018 10:31:43 +0200 Florian Zieboll wrote: > If you really want to have the "backports" version, in the worst case, > you'll have to specify the needed version for every package in the > dependency chain (...) Hallo Lars, in the meantime i remembered that

Re: [DNG] machine locks up switching between console and X session

On Fri, 27 Apr 2018 10:07:02 +0100 KatolaZ wrote: > On Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 10:31:43AM +0200, Florian Zieboll wrote: > > > > On Thu, 26 Apr 2018 21:05:41 +0300 > > Lars Noodén wrote: > > > [...] > > > > Not sure if you are aware that your

Re: [DNG] machine locks up switching between console and X session

On Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 10:31:43AM +0200, Florian Zieboll wrote: > > On Thu, 26 Apr 2018 21:05:41 +0300 > Lars Noodén wrote: > > > # apt-cache show nvidia-driver-bin | head -n 3 > > Package: nvidia-driver-bin > > Source: nvidia-graphics-drivers > > Version:

Re: [DNG] machine locks up switching between console and X session

On Thu, 26 Apr 2018 21:05:41 +0300 Lars Noodén wrote: > # apt-cache show nvidia-driver-bin | head -n 3 > Package: nvidia-driver-bin > Source: nvidia-graphics-drivers > Version: 390.48-2~bpo9+1 Not sure if you are aware that your system tries to pull the package from the