komodo wrote:
On Wednesday 27 of February 2008 20:57:22 Angus Auld wrote:--- Jean-Louis Crouzet <jeanlouis.crouzet@free.fr> wrote:Angus Auld wrote:This are just my observations and experiences with Flash-player and Linux of late. I use my browsers to view a lot of Flash vids, andthefact that many websites are using (over-using?)Flashanimations, etc. makes it quite important, atleast tome, that my browser be Flash-friendly. Adobe, in their wisdom, decided to only supportgtkbrowsers in their latest release, so that has left Opera (my browser of choice), pretty much out inthecold, at least for Opera 9.2x versions andearlier.Opera is trying to work around this in their9.50Beta,soon to be released. However, I have noted, the latest version of Flash-player does not seem to be playing well with Iceweasel either. It consistently causes Iceweasel to consume 80%+cpucycles when viewing Flash vids...sometimes upwardsof100%! To me this is unacceptable. I have downgraded toanearlier version of the plugin (9.0 r48), andthingsare a bit better in terms of cpu usage and view-ability of videos. Anyone else noting this may want to consider downgrading Flash-player as well. I have tried various installations of the pluginusingAdobe's tar.gz, and binary .deb installs, withoutanyimprovement. Best regards.You might have seen my memo with subject "Flash Player 9 (9,0,115,0) with Iceweasel or Firefox (& even konqueror)" a bit above and also I noticed the same type of CPU usage.... JLYes Jean, we seem to be experiencing similar problems with Flash Player 9,0,115,0. I too have had lock-ups where killing Opera or Iceweasel has been the only option. I am using Dreamlinux, a Debian Etch based distro with xfce4 desktop. As far as I'm concerned, on my system, Flash Player 9 in its latest version, is unusable. I thought I would give Opera 9.50 Beta a go, and check the performance of the latest Flash Player. Opera is working to try to get around the "gtk browsers only support" in there latest version. Well, it was not any better...high cpu consumption and occasional browser lockup. This is disappointing. Disabling Flash would really put a damper on my internet experience. :( Using the older FP 9.0 r48 is getting me by, for the time being at least. Best regards. -- Angus "All churches, whether Jewish, Christian, or Muslim, appear to me no other than human inventions, setup to terrify and enslave mankind - and to monopolize power and profit." -- Thomas Paine (1737-1809) ######Linux Laptop powered by Debian Linux###### ###########Reg. Linux User #278931############____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hsHi, i had this problem too. CPU usage 40-80%. But since i changed flash to version 9.0 r48, CPU usage is in normal, about 2-3% and when youtube is loaded and video is playing then 20-30%, and browser seems to be fast and usable.Thanks for hint :-) Martin
To all, thanks for the advise I'm going to downgrade ASAP Have a nice weekend Regards, JL