firefox engages in very long paging operations
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu) |
Incomplete
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: firefox
In ubuntu 8.04, firefox-3.0 is the default. After using it in several sessions, I observe the following: for no particular reason and independent of the number of tabs or windows open, firefox blocks all I/O operations in the laptop and a 'top' command reveals it is heavily paging. This behaviour occurs even when on battery, and lasts for nearly a minute, which is most disruptive.
My system is not exactly short on RAM: 2 Gb DDR2.
Thinkpad T60p core 2 duo 2.2 Ghz.
Some information:
$ apt-cache policy firefox
firefox:
Installed: 3.0~b5+
Candidate: 3.0~b5+
Version table:
*** 3.0~b5+
500 http://
100 /var/lib/
Confirmed. Dell 1505n. FF3 begins arduous paging simply by launching the app. Clicking links also causes prolonged greying. This problem appeared today (as of this writing).