On 06/17/08 16:25, tom arnall wrote:
> I am having a hard time running a browser. No matter which I run -- galeon,
> firefox, opera -- it quickly grabs 95+% of the cpu. I am running 2.6.18
Etch?
> linux.
Seems like you have a more fundamental problem. Try running them
from an xterm with strace.
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06-17-2008, 09:35 PM
Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
hard time running a browser
tom arnall wrote:
> I am having a hard time running a browser. No matter which I run -- galeon,
> firefox, opera -- it quickly grabs 95+% of the cpu. I am running 2.6.18
> linux.
>
Does this happen in an specific site (or some sites), or simply by
launching the browser?
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06-17-2008, 11:32 PM
tom arnall
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On Tuesday 17 June 2008 14:34, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 06/17/08 16:25, tom arnall wrote:
> > I am having a hard time running a browser. No matter which I run --
> > galeon, firefox, opera -- it quickly grabs 95+% of the cpu. I am running
> > 2.6.18
>
> Etch?
yes, Etch.
>
> > linux.
>
> Seems like you have a more fundamental problem. Try running them
> from an xterm with strace.
what should i look for in the strace output?
>
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> Ron Johnson, Jr.
> Jefferson LA USA
>
> "Kittens give Morbo gas. In lighter news, the city of New New
> York is doomed."
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06-17-2008, 11:33 PM
tom arnall
hard time running a browser
On Tuesday 17 June 2008 14:35, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote:
> tom arnall wrote:
> > I am having a hard time running a browser. No matter which I run --
> > galeon, firefox, opera -- it quickly grabs 95+% of the cpu. I am running
> > 2.6.18 linux.
>
> Does this happen in an specific site (or some sites), or simply by
> launching the browser?
Equal curses no matter what sites I visit. Also, I run galeon and firefox in
safe mode.
>
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> Coding is easy; All you do is sit staring at a terminal until the drops
> of blood form on your forehead.
>
> Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
> eduardo@kalinowski.com.br
> http://move.to/hpkb
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06-17-2008, 11:45 PM
Ron Johnson
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On 06/17/08 18:32, tom arnall wrote:
> On Tuesday 17 June 2008 14:34, Ron Johnson wrote:
>> On 06/17/08 16:25, tom arnall wrote:
>>> I am having a hard time running a browser. No matter which I run --
>>> galeon, firefox, opera -- it quickly grabs 95+% of the cpu. I am running
>>> 2.6.18
>> Etch?
>
> yes, Etch.
>
>
>>> linux.
>> Seems like you have a more fundamental problem. Try running them
>> from an xterm with strace.
>
>
> what should i look for in the strace output?
For whatever the app is doing when it's burning 95% CPU...
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06-18-2008, 12:04 AM
Paul Johnson
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On Tue, 2008-06-17 at 16:33 -0700, tom arnall wrote:
> On Tuesday 17 June 2008 14:35, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote:
> > tom arnall wrote:
> > > I am having a hard time running a browser. No matter which I run --
> > > galeon, firefox, opera -- it quickly grabs 95+% of the cpu. I am running
> > > 2.6.18 linux.
> >
> > Does this happen in an specific site (or some sites), or simply by
> > launching the browser?
>
> Equal curses no matter what sites I visit. Also, I run galeon and firefox in
> safe mode.
Have you tried running them in normal mode instead? I don't know for
sure, but safe mode may create additional overhead.
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