[ubuntu-uk] Firefox hogging the processor

[Anthony Harrington]

On 02/02/14 12:25, Colin Law wrote:
> On 2 February 2014 12:10, J Fernyhough <j.fernyhough at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 2 February 2014 11:55, Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> HI
>> --
>>> I can't find anything on launchpad.  Any suggestions anyone?
>> --
>>> Colin
>>>
>> Which version of Firefox are you running? You might try the beta or aurora
>> channels; I've seen a fair few issues with FF26, for example, that I haven't
>> seen in 27a or 28a.
> I should have said, it is the standard version from the 13.10 repo.
> 26.0+build2-0ubuntu0.13.10.2
> I might give the beta a go if I can work out how to install it.
>
>> Having said that, I've occasionally had high CPU with Gmail. I wonder if it
>> sometimes gets stuck in an AJAX loop (or some other race condition).
> Possible.  Though if it were a loop in javascript then I would expect
> that FF should still be able to be closed down ok.
>
> Thanks
>
> Colin
>
I'd recommend adding the Mozilla daily ppa and upgrading your
installation that way. It's usually updated everyday of the year, give
or take the odd week around holidays (for obvious reasons!) but i've yet
to have problems with it in all the years i've been using it. It really
is a great resource.

to add it, do:
*sudo add-apt-repository **ppa:ubuntu-mozilla-daily/ppa*
then
*sudo apt-get update && _sudo apt-get remove firefox &&_ sudo apt-get
install firefox-trunk*

you'll get the very latest version everytime you update, from now on.
(Currently 29 alpha) (Underlined part is optional if you want to take
out mainline firefox )

Any problems and you can always put firefox back. (I think you can have
them both installed at the same time, but i'd err on caution and only
keep the one you're going to use incase there's any profile clashing?
Shouldn't be because they're stored in separate folders, but your call,
i'm sure you'll be happy with the results of this.)

-- 
Launchpad translator and linux chemist ^_^
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