Bug#555126: xulrunner-1.9.1: xul_runner has a memory and performance leak

[m2.ebc2]

On Sun, Nov 08, 2009 at 05:27:13PM +0100, joblack wrote:
> Package: xulrunner-1.9.1
> Version: 1.9.1.4-1
> Severity: normal
> 
> xul-runner-stub in combination with iceweasel has some problematic 'features'
> 
> At first it often takes 100% of one cpu, secondly it often has a memory leak
> so that such 'top'-output is possible (would be even higher if I wouldn't 
> have stopped it with kill $ID).
> 
> 7433 joblack   20   0 8554m 4.8g  36m S   21 61.4 256:07.80 xulrunner-stub
> 
> Why do I need this buggy program for firefox/iceweasel anyway?

Because it is its engine.

Try running iceweasel with the MOZILLA_DISABLE_PLUGINS environment
variable set to 1.

Mike