processor at 100%

[Sam Dungey]

> I have also been noticing my system getting sluggish sometimes.  I
> even bought 1G RAM recently and I am still occasionally noticing a
> problem.  I am beginning to wonder if there is not a memory leak in
> firefox.  I can clear all the cache and restart firefox and often the
> problem appears clear up.  I have also noticed problems slowing down
> when I start to use gmail.  I wonder if AJAX (Javascript?) is hogging
> my memory or is a memory leak?

I have the same problem daily as I open lots of tabs and browse away.
Eventually the X process is eating all the memory and the machine slows down
notably. Haven't found a cure yet (aside from closing and restarting
firefox), but here is the problem:
http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/ben/archives/009749.html
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