Re: firefox seems to be going nuts

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

tom arnall wrote:
> firefox seems to be going nuts. it's very often hogging 95% of cpu, with no 
> let up. and when i do a 'ps' for it, i get:
>
>
> firefox        |-firefox-bin(3647)-+-{firefox-bin}(3649)
>         |                   |-{firefox-bin}(3651)
>         |                   |-{firefox-bin}(3666)
>         |                   |-{firefox-bin}(3667)
>         |                   |-{firefox-bin}(3674)
>         |                   |-{firefox-bin}(3699)
>         |                   |-{firefox-bin}(4856)
>         |                   |-{firefox-bin}(4860)
>         |                   |-{firefox-bin}(4861)
>         |                   |-{firefox-bin}(4862)
>         |                   `-{firefox-bin}(4863)
<snip> etc.

Try starting ff in safe mode (firefox -safe-mode &), and see if that 
makes a difference. If it does, start removing/disabling extensions.

--
Kent