Firefox running up CPU

[Net Llama!]

On Tue, 15 Aug 2006, Harry G wrote:
> On Tuesday 15 August 2006 11:29 am, Net Llama! wrote:
>> On Tue, 15 Aug 2006, Harry G wrote:
>>> On Monday 14 August 2006 3:27 pm, Net Llama! wrote:
>>>> On Mon, 14 Aug 2006, Harry G wrote:
>>>>> I am running version 1.0.5 on Mepis (Debian derivative) and every
>>>>> couple of minutes, it causes my user CPU usage to max out for about 10
>>>>> seconds. I have disabled all the plug-ins, but it still does this.
>>>>>
>>>>> Anyone else experiencing this?
>>>>
>>>> 1.0.5 is a bit old.  Have you tried 1.5.0.6 ?
>>>
>>> Sorry, typo.
>>> I am runing 1.5.0.5.
>>
>> I've not experienced this problem.  Are you using the Mepis/Debian build
>> of Firefox, or the 'official' build from mozilla.org?
>
> Mepis now uses Ubuntu sources, which is what I am using.  Maybe I should 
> try the "official" build.  Is that what you are going to suggest? I ran 
> it from a term window to see if anything interesting is going on when it 
> happens, but nothing shows.  It happens even if I just have it minimized 
> and not surfing.

Yes, i was going to suggest trying the official build.

One other thing to check is whether this behavior persists if you haven't 
loaded any webpages (go to about:blank).  Also verify that you don't have 
any extensions running.

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