Firefox uses 900 MB of memory and 90% of my i3 2.2Ghz x4 CPU !

Bug #998557 reported by Ammar Lakis
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
firefox (Ubuntu)
Expired
Undecided
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Bug Description

uses 900 MB of memory and 90% of my i3 2.2Ghz x4 CPU !
running linux 12.04
I use the latest version in ubuntu repositories

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: firefox 12.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7
Architecture: amd64
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC269VB Analog [ALC269VB Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC1: asecrety 1828 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC0: asecrety 1828 F.... pulseaudio
BuildID: 20120423122928
CRDA:
 country GB:
  (2402 - 2482 @ 40), (N/A, 20)
  (5170 - 5250 @ 40), (N/A, 20)
  (5250 - 5330 @ 40), (N/A, 20), DFS
  (5490 - 5710 @ 40), (N/A, 27), DFS
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'PCH'/'HDA Intel PCH at 0xdfa00000 irq 49'
   Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC269VB'
   Components : 'HDA:10ec0269,10431ad3,00100100'
   Controls : 18
   Simple ctrls : 10
Card1.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:1 'NVidia'/'HDA NVidia at 0xdd080000 irq 17'
   Mixer name : 'Nvidia GPU 1c HDMI/DP'
   Components : 'HDA:10de001c,00000000,00100100'
   Controls : 6
   Simple ctrls : 1
Card1.Amixer.values:
 Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
   Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum
   Playback channels: Mono
   Mono: Playback [on]
Channel: release
Date: Sat May 12 21:53:05 2012
ForcedLayersAccel: False
IfupdownConfig:
 auto lo
 iface lo inet loopback
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
IpRoute:
 default via 192.168.1.1 dev wlan0 proto static
 169.254.0.0/16 dev wlan0 scope link metric 1000
 192.168.1.0/24 dev wlan0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.1.100 metric 2
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
Profile2IncompatibleExtensions: NoScript - ID={73a6fe31-595d-460b-a920-fcc0f8843232}, Version=2.4, minVersion=1.9a2, maxVersion=1.9.6, Location=app-profile, Type=extension, Active=Yes
Profiles:
 Profile0 - LastVersion=12.0/20120423122928
 Profile1 (Default) - LastVersion=12.0/20120423122928 (Running)
 Profile2 - LastVersion=12.0/20120423122928
 Profile3 - LastVersion=11.0/20120310010316 (Out of date)
 Profile4 - LastVersion=12.0/20120423122928
RunningIncompatibleAddons: True
SourcePackage: firefox
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
WifiSyslog:
 May 12 22:58:45 asecrety-K43SJ wpa_supplicant[1036]: WPA: Group rekeying completed with 00:25:9c:86:8a:de [GTK=TKIP]
 May 12 23:33:05 asecrety-K43SJ kernel: [ 4439.450587] show_signal_msg: 39 callbacks suppressed
 May 12 23:33:05 asecrety-K43SJ kernel: [ 4439.450592] EvJobScheduler[4110]: segfault at 7f9bdaff54b0 ip 00007f9bdaff54b0 sp 00007f9bdaff5298 error 15
 May 12 23:58:45 asecrety-K43SJ wpa_supplicant[1036]: WPA: Group rekeying completed with 00:25:9c:86:8a:de [GTK=TKIP]
 May 13 00:23:52 asecrety-K43SJ kernel: [ 7483.469019] compiz[1701]: segfault at 3 ip 0000000000000003 sp 00007fff60ecf2e8 error 14 in compiz[400000+d000]
dmi.bios.date: 07/15/2011
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: K43SJ.306
dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: K43SJ
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
dmi.board.version: 1.0
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
dmi.chassis.type: 9
dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: 1.0
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrK43SJ.306:bd07/15/2011:svnASUSTeKComputerInc.:pnK43SJ:pvr1.0:rvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:rnK43SJ:rvr1.0:cvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:ct9:cvr1.0:
dmi.product.name: K43SJ
dmi.product.version: 1.0
dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.

Revision history for this message
Ammar Lakis (ammar-lakis) wrote :
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in firefox (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
Paul White (paulw2u) wrote :

We are sorry that we do not always have the capacity to review all reported bugs in a timely manner. You reported this bug some time ago and there have been many changes in Ubuntu since that time.

Ubuntu 12.04 (precise) reached end-of-life on April 28, 2017.

Do you still see a problem related to the one that you reported in a currently supported version of Ubuntu? Please let us know if you do and in which version of Ubuntu otherwise this report can be left to expire in approximately 60 days time.

Thank you for helping make Ubuntu better.

Paul White
[Ubuntu Bug Squad]

summary: - uses 900 MB of memory and 90% of my i3 2.2Ghz x4 CPU !
+ Firefox uses 900 MB of memory and 90% of my i3 2.2Ghz x4 CPU !
Changed in firefox (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for firefox (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in firefox (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Expired
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