Re: iceweasel 7.0.1 high cpu when enter url in location bar

[Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com>]

On Sat, 29 Oct 2011 17:49:55 +0800, yuanwei xu wrote:

> 2011/10/27 Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com>:
>> On Thu, 27 Oct 2011 20:33:23 +0800, yuanwei xu wrote:
>>
>>> Resently, I found when i was entering url in the location bar,
>>> iceweasel always consumed 100% CPU,and there was no echo of typing.And
>>> when the dropdownlist of the location bar came out, the CPU still run
>>> 100% until i clicked mouse to other place to concel the dropdownlist.
>>> The same problem also existing in the search bar, when dropdownlist
>>> turned out, the CPU run 100%.
>>>
>>> I tried to clear all history of everything and run iceweasel in
>>> safe-mode, but nothing changed. The mozilla version firefox has the
>>> same problem.
>>>
>>> Is there anyone has the same problem?
>>
>> It doesn't happen here (running Firefox 7.0.1 from lenny and also
>> Iceweasel 7.0.1 from wheezy).
>>
>> I would start by testing the basics:
>>
>> - Try with a fresh-new firefox profile
> remove ~/.mozilla/firefox direction, but no luck.
> 
>> - Try by disabling addons
> all addons and plugins were disabled, but no improve
> 
>> - Try by disabling "hardware acceleration" in the browser
> Disable it in the preferences | Advance | Browsing, .but no change.

Wow, how bad ;-(

> In preferences | Privacy | location bar, set suggestion to be "noting"
> when using the location bar, then there will no pop up of dropdownlist
>  of suggestion, and no 100% CPU consuming, but lose a lot of
> convenience.

Maybe there is something wrong with that setting but if using an empty 
profile with no data on it (no history nor bookmarks) did not help, there 
must be something at the Firefox code itself.

Does the freeze also happen when you type at the search bar?

Anyway, I would consider reporting this to Mozilla bugzilla.

> I move to use chronium, a little problem is the close-button of tab is
> too small for me.
> Thanks for your advices.

You can also try with the Aurora/Nightly (beta) channel release and see 
what happens here, just to compare. You know, Firefox is "click&run", 
there is no need to install the program.

Greetings,

-- 
Camaleón