On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 06:21:42PM +0200, Jean-Louis Crouzet wrote: >> > >Thanks for this thread I thought I was alone with my Iceweasel issues... > >Basically I'm running Lenny with optimized kernel but still low memory > >configuration (512MB) on a Dell Pentium III.
512MB considered low-memory. Sheesh. > >Flash plugin (whatever the version) is always the root cause of my > >Iceweasel lock_up (due to swapping or other...) the number do not really > >matter but site such as MySpace [Music] cause this condition almost each > >time I connect there. This is really painful. I put all the possible > >addons/blocker/Flash versions but no success. > >I tied FF, same. > >I tried another computer Pentium M, 1GB Memory and same happened... > >Well I'm a bit tired now, so I just kill my Iceweasel each it locks and > >restart. > >I think I will have a try of the suggested "ulimit -Sv 200000" because > >it just looks interesting and well spotted. > > > I forgot to mention I'm using Xfce 4 Desktop Environment > version 4.4.2 (Xfce 4.4). I'm really not willing to install Konqueror > because I try to get light system. Since Xfce now uses GTK2, it is no longer light. In fact, I find Konqueror a far lighter-weight browser than FF. Remember that Xfce is a desktop environment. If you only need a window-manager, try icewm or openbox. Also, Etch's Xfce (the gtk2) had a memory leak on my system which is why I changed back to icewm. Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
