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On Sun, 2009-08-16 at 20:16 +0300, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: |
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> On 08/16/2009 07:40 PM, M Daniel R M wrote: |
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> > firefox: Here the problem is very very annoying, I've run firefox before |
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> > with many other Linux flavours and never..., never got to this status of |
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> > inability; once you've got about six tabs opened on the same frame |
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> > window, firefox gets close to hang, and you become unable to manage it |
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> > anymore, unless you have an infinite patience. Doing "top" from a CLI |
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> > shows a %CPU _over_ 100%, amazing!. At the end, you'll have to kill the |
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> > process from console. |
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> > I don't know, either, why firefox gets to this status; preferences are |
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> > as usual, etc. Maybe the problem roots from the flags when compiling, |
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> > but I haven't received any message from the system, IIRC... Is there any |
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> > flag wrong on my system? |
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> I remember Firefox was biting me with this too at some time. The |
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> solution for me was to go to Edit->Preferences, and in the "Security" |
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> tab uncheck the "Block reported attack sites" and "Block reported web |
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> forgeries" checkboxes. The issue was that those features use sqlite to |
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> update internal databases of thousands of "malware" sites, and updates |
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> to these lists were bringing my CPU to its knees. |
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> So try that and see if it helps. |
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Originally they both were checked. Then, unchecked and re-cheched again, |
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it seems that there were no difference here. Disabling add-ons on |
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firefox seems to have been the "provisional" solution. |
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> > CFLAGS="-march=nocona -O2 -pipe" |
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> > CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}" |
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> Btw, if you're on a Core2 and a recent GCC, you might want to change |
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> that to "-march=core2" or "-march=native". |
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Yes, I'm on a Core2, a laptop (Thinkpad T61), here you are a cat over |
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cpuinfo: |
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proc # cat cpuinfo |
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processor : 0 |
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vendor_id : GenuineIntel |
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cpu family : 6 |
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model : 23 |
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model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T8100 @ 2.10GHz |
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stepping : 6 |
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cpu MHz : 2101.000 |
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cache size : 3072 KB |
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physical id : 0 |
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siblings : 2 |
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core id : 0 |
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cpu cores : 2 |
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apicid : 0 |
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initial apicid : 0 |
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fpu : yes |
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fpu_exception : yes |
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cpuid level : 10 |
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wp : yes |
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flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge |
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mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe |
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syscall nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good pni dtes64 |
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monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm sse4_1 lahf_lm ida |
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tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority |
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bogomips : 4189.76 |
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clflush size : 64 |
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cache_alignment : 64 |
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address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual |
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power management: |
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processor : 1 |
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vendor_id : GenuineIntel |
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cpu family : 6 |
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model : 23 |
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model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T8100 @ 2.10GHz |
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stepping : 6 |
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cpu MHz : 2100.000 |
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cache size : 3072 KB |
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physical id : 0 |
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siblings : 2 |
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core id : 1 |
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cpu cores : 2 |
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apicid : 1 |
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initial apicid : 1 |
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fpu : yes |
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fpu_exception : yes |
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cpuid level : 10 |
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wp : yes |
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flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge |
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mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe |
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syscall nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good pni dtes64 |
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monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm sse4_1 lahf_lm ida |
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tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority |
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bogomips : 4189.28 |
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clflush size : 64 |
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cache_alignment : 64 |
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address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual |
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power management: |
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Here you are the GCC version: |
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proc # gcc --version |
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gcc (Gentoo 4.3.2-r3 p1.6, pie-10.1.5) 4.3.2 |
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Copyright (C) 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc. |
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This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is |
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NO |
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warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR |
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PURPOSE. |
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I already knew about that possibility indeed; Actually, I got to have it |
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some time ago (months) here, on this unit, when I made my first install |
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of Gentoo (bad end then :-)) |
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Now, I've just leaved it as is 'cause of laziness, just laziness, man. |
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Apart from that, I'm not much sure there would be any significant |
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difference..., would be it? |
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Thanks a lot. |
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Daniel |
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