On 2 February 2014 13:13, Simon Greenwood <sfgreenw...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 2 February 2014 12:33, J Fernyhough <j.fernyho...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On 2 February 2014 12:25, Colin Law <clan...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > I should have said, it is the standard version from the 13.10 repo. >> > 26.0+build2-0ubuntu0.13.10.2 >> > I might give the beta a go if I can work out how to install it. >> > >> >> The easiest way to test is to just download from mozilla.org, >> unarchive, and run: >> >> https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/beta/ >> https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/aurora/ >> >> ;) >> >> > > I had a very similar problem with Ubuntu 9.04 with both Firefox and > Thunderbird that seemed to be related to the Flash plugin, but also > manifested itself with the OpenJDK plugin. I also ended up switching to the > Aurora build but ultimately switched to Chrome. The issue seemed to be that > the plugin (whichever one it was) didn't die when the client code was killed > and would just start eating up cycles. Restarting Firefox (or Thunderbird) > would solve the problem but I had to block Flash to prevent it from > happening. I suspect that it may be related to the internal architecture on > specific processors which is why it's not a common issue. I certainly > haven't had it for some time.
I don't think it is flash related. I have flash blocked with Flashblock and I am fairly certain I have seen it fail in situations where I have not manually started flash running. I don't have a java plugin at all. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
