[ubuntu-uk] Firefox hogging the processor

[Colin Law]

On 2 February 2014 13:55, Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>>
>> --
>>
>> 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
>
> I will give that a go.  Thanks Anthony.

Well that went ok, it even copied across my profile.  Just have to
wait now to see if the problem shows itself again.

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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>>
>>
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