[arch-general] Something wrong with firefox/thunderbird driving X cpu usage -> 100%

[Thaddeus Nielsen]

On Wed, 08 Aug 2012 07:34:14 -0500
"David C. Rankin" <drankinatty at suddenlinkmail.com> wrote:

> Guys,
> 
>    I have watched this in top for the past week or so. Thunderbird
> and Firefox are causing X cpu usage to shoot upt to between 80-100%
> on simple tasks like scrolling a message list in tbird or simply
> opening css menus in firefox. All of this used to be instantaneous
> and never cause the cpu to bat an eye. But now, it is very pronounced
> and brings the desktop to a crawl. This box is not a screamer, but
> plenty fast, P4 2800/4G/Nvidia 8600GT.
> 
>    How do I determine what is causing this? X? ff/tb? something
> else?  Any ideas appreciated. Thanks.
> 

My suggestion: remove firefox and install firefox from mozilla.com.
When a similar experience occurred for me, I did that and found that
the response was much better in the version from mozilla.com.

	T.