Bug#583806: iceape-browser uses 97% cpu when sitting idle

Mike Hommey mh at glandium.org
Mon May 31 08:42:11 UTC 2010


On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 11:16:26PM +0100, markhobley at yahoo.co.uk wrote:
> Package: iceape-browser
> Version: 2.0.4-1
> Severity: important
> 
> 
> The iceape browser uses 97% cpu when sitting idle. This causes the window
> manager and other applications to slow to a crawl. Mouse and keyboard actions
> are delayed whilst waiting for iceape to catchup.
> 
> This seems to be happening at ten second intervals. The system is fine for
> 10 seconds, then iceape kicks in and hogs the cpu for 10 seconds, and then
> the system is fine again for 10 seconds before iceape starts hogging the cpu
> again. The problem is intermittent: sometimes the system is fine (I guess it
> eventually becomes stable and iceape just sits there). If the system is stable
> and you click on an iceape window, the problem will reoccur, and iceape will
> start hogging the cpu again.

Did you try to run in safe mode and without plugins ?

Mike





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