Re: browsers have become memory hogs

[andy <geek_show@dsl.pipex.com>]

Thierry Chatelet wrote:

On Thursday 10 April 2008 21:45:32 Ron Johnson wrote:
  

On 04/10/08 14:35, tom arnall wrote:
    

all of a sudden browsers have become memory hogs on my system (>95%).
i've
      

I don't see how a single process could use 95% of memory on a 32-bit
system.

    

tried iceweasel, opera, galeon. all with the same result. i'm running
debian etch.
      

Have you performed any updates lately?  Installed non-debianized
software?

How long does it take for the browsers to suck up all that
un-specified amount of memory?

How many tabs and windows do you have open?

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Jefferson LA  USA

We want... a Shrubbery!!
    

I got the same problem-sid- and it is npviewer which is eating something up to 
17% CPU per tab. I think I am going to the thing...
Thierry


  

I have been running Iceweasel in the background for the last 3 days. I am running approx 3% swap (on 1 GB allocated) and according to top Firefox-bin uses ~10.6% mem. This is just running FF in the background (minimised)
A

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