* Helmut Grohne ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > Firefox (among others like mozilla, some other curses applications) hang > > > within a the following system call (obtained by strace) for 10 seconds > > > to 3 minutes: > > Hang and then resume functioning? > > Yes, the futex call somewhen returns. > > > > futex(0x8dbee84, FUTEX_WAIT, 0, NULL > > > I only observed this when using 2.6 kernels. I have no clue how to debug > > > this. You'll probably need more information, so tell me what you need. > > > Older versions of firefox and mozilla had the same problem. > > What set of circumstances causes the hang? Is it completely random or > > has some sense to it? Any extensions/plugins installed? > > It only happens when firefox is doing somethig (or i only observe it > then). As I have a slow machine, it often consumes the whole CPU for a > minute or similar (especially when opening more tabs simultaneously). > The behaviour is then that the CPU usage drops and firefox fails to > redraw and interact with the user. It somewhen returns using my CPU. > > Yes, I have some extensions installed (such as tabextension, > livehttpheaders, mozgestures, foxytunes), but I remember this to happen > before I installed all those extensions. (If you want me to uninstall > them, tell me.)
Give it a shot, try uninstalling them. -- Eric Dorland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ICQ: #61138586, Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1024D/16D970C6 097C 4861 9934 27A0 8E1C 2B0A 61E9 8ECF 16D9 70C6 -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GCS d- s++: a-- C+++ UL+++ P++ L++ E++ W++ N+ o K- w+ O? M++ V-- PS+ PE Y+ PGP++ t++ 5++ X+ R tv++ b+++ DI+ D+ G e h! r- y+ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------
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