On Wed, 08 Aug 2012 07:34:14 -0500 "David C. Rankin" <drankinatty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Guys, > > I have watched this in top for the past week or so. Thunderbird > and Firefox are causing X cpu usage to shoot upt to between 80-100% > on simple tasks like scrolling a message list in tbird or simply > opening css menus in firefox. All of this used to be instantaneous > and never cause the cpu to bat an eye. But now, it is very pronounced > and brings the desktop to a crawl. This box is not a screamer, but > plenty fast, P4 2800/4G/Nvidia 8600GT. > > How do I determine what is causing this? X? ff/tb? something > else? Any ideas appreciated. Thanks. > My suggestion: remove firefox and install firefox from mozilla.com. When a similar experience occurred for me, I did that and found that the response was much better in the version from mozilla.com. T.
