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Re: Firefox alternatives? debian-user@howorth.org.uk - 2024-12-12 13:30 +0100
Re: Firefox alternatives? Bret Busby <bret@busby.net> - 2024-12-12 22:50 +0100
Re: Firefox alternatives? Bret Busby <bret@busby.net> - 2024-12-12 23:10 +0100
Re: Firefox alternatives? Bret Busby <bret@busby.net> - 2024-12-12 23:20 +0100
| From | debian-user@howorth.org.uk |
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| Date | 2024-12-12 13:30 +0100 |
| Subject | Re: Firefox alternatives? |
| Message-ID | <JSQul-goIi-5@gated-at.bofh.it> |
Van Snyder <van.snyder@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > After Firefox has been running for a few days my Debian 12.5 gets > really slow. The mouse jerks when it works at all. It takes a minute > or two for wndows to close or top. At the moment, Firefox has 19 > processes running. Memory is half full, and swap is about 10% used. > When I kill Firefox and restart, things go back to normal for a few > hours. > > What alternatives that aren't such pigs do you recommend? FF used to behave like that for me, but the current ESR release from Mozilla no longer does that. You haven't said what version of FF you're using, or anything about your hardware or software environment. So it's pretty difficult to say anything else.
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| From | Bret Busby <bret@busby.net> |
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| Date | 2024-12-12 22:50 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <JSZeh-gu4t-3@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| In reply to | #275573 |
On 13/12/24 05:36, Van Snyder wrote: > On Thu, 2024-12-12 at 12:26 +0000, debian-user@howorth.org.uk wrote: >> Van Snyder <van.snyder@sbcglobal.net >> <mailto:van.snyder@sbcglobal.net>> wrote: >>> After Firefox has been running for a few days my Debian 12.5 gets >>> really slow. The mouse jerks when it works at all. It takes a minute >>> or two for wndows to close or top. At the moment, Firefox has 19 >>> processes running. Memory is half full, and swap is about 10% used. >>> When I kill Firefox and restart, things go back to normal for a few >>> hours. >>> >>> What alternatives that aren't such pigs do you recommend? >> >> FF used to behave like that for me, but the current ESR release from >> Mozilla no longer does that. You haven't said what version of FF you're >> using, or anything about your hardware or software environment. So it's >> pretty difficult to say anything else. > > Firefox 115.140esr (64-bit) from Debian. I don't like to install > software from other sources because it frequently results in a mess of > version incompatibilities. > > Intel Core i3 530 that claims to run at 2.93 GHz, but /proc/cpuinfo > reports varying CPU clocks between 1.2 and 2.2 GHz, but all have the > same bogomips. > > Gigabyte H55M-S2P motherboard. > > Both RAM sockets have 4 GB installed, but dmidecode says only one is > working. Hmmm. > > If you install and run fastfetch, what does that show for the RAM? .. Bret Busby Armadale West Australia (UTC+0800) ..............
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| From | Bret Busby <bret@busby.net> |
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| Date | 2024-12-12 23:10 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <JSZxE-guqq-11@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| In reply to | #275609 |
On 13/12/24 05:41, Bret Busby wrote: > On 13/12/24 05:36, Van Snyder wrote: >> On Thu, 2024-12-12 at 12:26 +0000, debian-user@howorth.org.uk wrote: >>> Van Snyder <van.snyder@sbcglobal.net >>> <mailto:van.snyder@sbcglobal.net>> wrote: >>>> After Firefox has been running for a few days my Debian 12.5 gets >>>> really slow. The mouse jerks when it works at all. It takes a minute >>>> or two for wndows to close or top. At the moment, Firefox has 19 >>>> processes running. Memory is half full, and swap is about 10% used. >>>> When I kill Firefox and restart, things go back to normal for a few >>>> hours. >>>> >>>> What alternatives that aren't such pigs do you recommend? >>> >>> FF used to behave like that for me, but the current ESR release from >>> Mozilla no longer does that. You haven't said what version of FF you're >>> using, or anything about your hardware or software environment. So it's >>> pretty difficult to say anything else. >> >> Firefox 115.140esr (64-bit) from Debian. I don't like to install >> software from other sources because it frequently results in a mess of >> version incompatibilities. >> >> Intel Core i3 530 that claims to run at 2.93 GHz, but /proc/cpuinfo >> reports varying CPU clocks between 1.2 and 2.2 GHz, but all have the >> same bogomips. >> >> Gigabyte H55M-S2P motherboard. >> >> Both RAM sockets have 4 GB installed, but dmidecode says only one is >> working. Hmmm. >> >> > If you install and run fastfetch, what does that show for the RAM? > > .. > Bret Busby > Armadale > West Australia > (UTC+0800) > .............. > In checking, using the command sudo lshw -c memory shows what memory is in each slot I am wondering what that shows for your computer, and, whether that would show the RAM card for one of your slots to be defective (by showing the slot as empty, I presume). .. Bret Busby Armadale West Australia (UTC+0800) ..............
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| From | Bret Busby <bret@busby.net> |
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| Date | 2024-12-12 23:20 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <JSZHj-gutL-11@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| In reply to | #275609 |
On 13/12/24 06:08, Van Snyder wrote: > On Fri, 2024-12-13 at 05:41 +0800, Bret Busby wrote: >> On 13/12/24 05:36, Van Snyder wrote: >>> On Thu, 2024-12-12 at 12:26 +0000, debian-user@howorth.org.uk >>> <mailto:debian-user@howorth.org.uk> wrote: >>>> Van Snyder <van.snyder@sbcglobal.net <mailto:van.snyder@sbcglobal.net> >>>> <mailto:van.snyder@sbcglobal.net <mailto:van.snyder@sbcglobal.net>>> >>>> wrote: >>>>> After Firefox has been running for a few days my Debian 12.5 gets >>>>> really slow. The mouse jerks when it works at all. It takes a minute >>>>> or two for wndows to close or top. At the moment, Firefox has 19 >>>>> processes running. Memory is half full, and swap is about 10% used. >>>>> When I kill Firefox and restart, things go back to normal for a few >>>>> hours. >>>>> >>>>> What alternatives that aren't such pigs do you recommend? >>>> >>>> FF used to behave like that for me, but the current ESR release from >>>> Mozilla no longer does that. You haven't said what version of FF you're >>>> using, or anything about your hardware or software environment. So it's >>>> pretty difficult to say anything else. >>> >>> Firefox 115.140esr (64-bit) from Debian. I don't like to install >>> software from other sources because it frequently results in a mess of >>> version incompatibilities. >>> >>> Intel Core i3 530 that claims to run at 2.93 GHz, but /proc/cpuinfo >>> reports varying CPU clocks between 1.2 and 2.2 GHz, but all have the >>> same bogomips. >>> >>> Gigabyte H55M-S2P motherboard. >>> >>> Both RAM sockets have 4 GB installed, but dmidecode says only one is >>> working. Hmmm. >>> >>> >> If you install and run fastfetch, what does that show for the RAM? > > Same as "free -m" 3.7 GB. > > I guess I need to pop open the cover and figure out why only RAM strip > is working. > >> .. >> Bret Busby >> Armadale >> West Australia >> (UTC+0800) >> .............. >> > I am wondering whether the two RAM cards are compatible. In the response from the lshw command that I mentioned, with its syntax, it specified the model number and brand of each RAM card in this computer (8x16GB RAM cards). .. Bret Busby Armadale West Australia (UTC+0800) ..............
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