Re: browsers have become memory hogs
On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 06:21:42PM +0200, Jean-Louis Crouzet wrote:
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> >Thanks for this thread I thought I was alone with my Iceweasel issues...
> >Basically I'm running Lenny with optimized kernel but still low memory
> >configuration (512MB) on a Dell Pentium III.
512MB considered low-memory. Sheesh.
> >Flash plugin (whatever the version) is always the root cause of my
> >Iceweasel lock_up (due to swapping or other...) the number do not really
> >matter but site such as MySpace [Music] cause this condition almost each
> >time I connect there. This is really painful. I put all the possible
> >addons/blocker/Flash versions but no success.
> >I tied FF, same.
> >I tried another computer Pentium M, 1GB Memory and same happened...
> >Well I'm a bit tired now, so I just kill my Iceweasel each it locks and
> >restart.
> >I think I will have a try of the suggested "ulimit -Sv 200000" because
> >it just looks interesting and well spotted.
> >
> I forgot to mention I'm using Xfce 4 Desktop Environment
> version 4.4.2 (Xfce 4.4). I'm really not willing to install Konqueror
> because I try to get light system.
Since Xfce now uses GTK2, it is no longer light. In fact, I find
Konqueror a far lighter-weight browser than FF.
Remember that Xfce is a desktop environment. If you only need a
window-manager, try icewm or openbox.
Also, Etch's Xfce (the gtk2) had a memory leak on my system which is why
I changed back to icewm.
Doug.
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