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

[Adam Sparks]

I saw an email just like this like week and made a switch to chromium.
There is a difference. Especially when opening a new window, Firefox has
some very large spikes. Don't use Thunderbird so I cannot say anything
about that.
On Aug 8, 2012 6:30 AM, "Thaddeus Nielsen" <thaddeus.nielsen at gmx.us> wrote:

> 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.
>