I unfortunately get this "slowdown" issue as well. Running Debian testing, GNOME, Firefox. Normal CPU usage is ~2% when sitting at desktop.
Statistic lines below are from 'top'; 9th column is processor usage. This page liked off Slashdot today makes the CPU usage go over 80%: http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/GA28Df06.html 6665 martin 16 0 14168 2828 4876 S 46.5 0.3 0:10.68 swf_play 6670 martin 15 0 14132 2680 4876 S 34.0 0.3 0:05.79 swf_play The front page of CNN pushes it over 50%: http://www.cnn.com/ 6589 martin 16 0 13800 2372 4636 S 36.5 0.2 0:27.39 swf_play 6587 martin 15 0 13856 2372 4636 S 12.0 0.2 0:08.68 swf_play The front page of CNET pushes it over 90%: http://www.cnet.com/ 6717 martin 16 0 14532 3148 4848 R 30.1 0.3 0:09.77 swf_play 6715 martin 16 0 14108 2700 5044 S 29.7 0.3 0:10.35 swf_play 6708 martin 15 0 14088 2684 5000 S 28.8 0.3 0:12.84 swf_play % dpkg -s swf-player | grep Ver Version: 0.3.2-2 % dpkg -s mozilla-firefox | grep Ver Version: 1.0+dfsg.1-2 % uname -a Linux solvent 2.6.8mtf #1 Thu Jan 6 16:45:19 EST 2005 i686 GNU/Linux (no changes to debian kernel source, just compiled it myself) % cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 15 model : 2 model name : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.53GHz stepping : 4 cpu MHz : 2540.030 cache size : 512 KB fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 2 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm bogomips : 5029.88 % free -m total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 1012 827 184 0 47 528 -/+ buffers/cache: 250 761 Swap: 1027 0 1027 Let me know if I can help with any more info. Cheers, Martin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
