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(234.145.220.87.dynamic.jazztel.es [87.220.145.234]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 7sm1291501eyg.57.2009.08.17.15.02.11 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:02:12 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: problems with the web browsers From: M Daniel R M <4.magarzo@gmail.com> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: References: <1250440812.7063.28.camel@mdel> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:03:43 +0200 Message-Id: <1250546623.14051.52.camel@mdel> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.24.5 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 9bc32d5f-89e0-46c6-a60f-46eb3cb89e2b X-Archives-Hash: 608af5ae19c0fb68064aa188a0e61bf7 On Sun, 2009-08-16 at 20:16 +0300, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 08/16/2009 07:40 PM, M Daniel R M wrote: > > firefox: Here the problem is very very annoying, I've run firefox before > > with many other Linux flavours and never..., never got to this status of > > inability; once you've got about six tabs opened on the same frame > > window, firefox gets close to hang, and you become unable to manage it > > anymore, unless you have an infinite patience. Doing "top" from a CLI > > shows a %CPU _over_ 100%, amazing!. At the end, you'll have to kill the > > process from console. > > > > I don't know, either, why firefox gets to this status; preferences are > > as usual, etc. Maybe the problem roots from the flags when compiling, > > but I haven't received any message from the system, IIRC... Is there any > > flag wrong on my system? > > I remember Firefox was biting me with this too at some time. The > solution for me was to go to Edit->Preferences, and in the "Security" > tab uncheck the "Block reported attack sites" and "Block reported web > forgeries" checkboxes. The issue was that those features use sqlite to > update internal databases of thousands of "malware" sites, and updates > to these lists were bringing my CPU to its knees. > > So try that and see if it helps. > Originally they both were checked. Then, unchecked and re-cheched again, it seems that there were no difference here. Disabling add-ons on firefox seems to have been the "provisional" solution. > > > CFLAGS="-march=nocona -O2 -pipe" > > CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}" > > Btw, if you're on a Core2 and a recent GCC, you might want to change > that to "-march=core2" or "-march=native". > > Yes, I'm on a Core2, a laptop (Thinkpad T61), here you are a cat over cpuinfo: proc # cat cpuinfo processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 23 model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T8100 @ 2.10GHz stepping : 6 cpu MHz : 2101.000 cache size : 3072 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 2 core id : 0 cpu cores : 2 apicid : 0 initial apicid : 0 fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 10 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm sse4_1 lahf_lm ida tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority bogomips : 4189.76 clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management: processor : 1 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 23 model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T8100 @ 2.10GHz stepping : 6 cpu MHz : 2100.000 cache size : 3072 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 2 core id : 1 cpu cores : 2 apicid : 1 initial apicid : 1 fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 10 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm sse4_1 lahf_lm ida tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority bogomips : 4189.28 clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management: -------------------------- Here you are the GCC version: proc # gcc --version gcc (Gentoo 4.3.2-r3 p1.6, pie-10.1.5) 4.3.2 Copyright (C) 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. ----------------- I already knew about that possibility indeed; Actually, I got to have it some time ago (months) here, on this unit, when I made my first install of Gentoo (bad end then :-)) Now, I've just leaved it as is 'cause of laziness, just laziness, man. Apart from that, I'm not much sure there would be any significant difference..., would be it? Thanks a lot. Daniel