On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 04:33:48PM -0500, Gary Dale wrote: > Package: iceweasel > Version: 3.5.6-1 > Severity: important > > When I save a page with multiple elements on it, or save multiple > pages with a few elements on it, or just save the elements (graphics > mainly, I guess), iceweasel starts to slow my system down. If I > catch it quickly enough, I can stop the slowdown by shutting down > iceweasel then restarting it. If not, the systems becomes > increasingly unresponsive until it eventually hangs or spontaneously > reboots. > > This is a real pain right now because I'm submitting online job > applications and I save a copy of each job ad locally. The pages > aren't the most visual things I've ever seen, but even saving one > appears to be sufficient to start the slowdown. > > I've noticed the same thing on other sites where I don't save the > page - just individual elements from the page. > > Simply browsing without saving doesn't trigger the problem. It's the > saving locally that seems to be the culprit. And it appears to > become noticeable somewhere at around 10 - 20 files saved.
Could you try to take a look at the system cpu and memory usage while doing so, and how it evolves ? How much memory do you have on your computer ? What kind of pages are you trying to save ? Are they massive ? Thanks Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
