[ubuntu-uk] Firefox hogging the processor

[Colin Law]

On 2 February 2014 13:04, Anthony Harrington
<Untaintableangel at hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
> 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
>
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> I can't find anything on launchpad.  Any suggestions anyone?
>
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> 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

I will give that a go.  Thanks Anthony.

Colin

>
> 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.)
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