Ubuntu
firefox-3.5 package

Shiretoko uses CPU when viewing pages with flash

Asked by Nigel Cundy

Binary package hint: firefox-3.5

I'm running jaunty

When I visit certain websites containing video, even without playing the video (though not every website containing video), the CPU usage for shiretoko goes to 100% and remains there until I close the tab. An example is http://babybluecafe.blogspot.com/ but I have seen it for several other sites as well. I have noticed no problem in firefox3, epiphany and other browsers, the cpu usage remains normal

dpkg -l | grep firefox
rc firefox-3.0 3.0.11+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.1 safe and easy web browser from Mozilla
ii firefox-3.5 3.5+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.1 safe and easy web browser from Mozilla
ii firefox-3.5-branding 3.5+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.1 Package that ships the firefox branding
ii firefox-3.5-gnome-support 3.5+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.1 Support for Gnome in Mozilla Firefox

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nhasian (nhasian) said : 		#1

actually this would be a flash issue. do you have ubuntu 32bit or 64bit? are you using the open source or adobe flash? version 9 or 10? please give us more information to help you resolve the problem.

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midnightflash (midnightflash) said : 		#2

"An example is http://babybluecafe.blogspot.com/"

This site is not suitable for any browser... to much information, to many things from foreign sites are loaded through the backdoor... etc.

If so many flash-Applets are to be loaded a Linux System has to struggle a bit, as the display has to be handled by the processor. Its Adobe who lets us suffer indeed.

You should also try opera as a browser. That one is really a lot faster than the others usually used with Ubuntu.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/OperaBrowser

Greetings

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NoBugs! (luke32j) said : 		#3

Same thing happens when browsing ubuntuforums for awhile, it uses way too much cpu while loading.
Has anyone found a fix for this?

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