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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Konqueror blocking due to NS Plugins
From:       James Richard Tyrer <tyrerj () acm ! org>
Date:       2007-09-26 12:44:44
Message-ID: 46FA543C.6030503 () acm ! org
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Ferdinand Gassauer wrote:
> On Wednesday 26 September 2007 08:59:16 Pau Garcia i Quiles wrote:
>> Quoting Ferdinand Gassauer <gassauer@kde.org>:
>>> On Wednesday 26 September 2007 03:10:34 James Richard Tyrer wrote:
>>>> A while ago, I reported this issue -- that was before the CPU supply on
>>>> my old motherboard died.
>>>>
>>>> I picked up a 1.1 GHZ Athlon MotherBoard cheep till I upgrade to
>>>> something better.
>>>>
>>>> The problem had gotten worse not better.  I was unable to determine the
>>>> exact cause -- well I determined it but don't know exactly what it was.
>>>>
>>>> The problem appears to have been a configuration issue.  I removed a
>>>> bunch of files in $HOME/.kde/share (those with "plug" in the name :-))
>>>> and the problem has gone away.  Even if I had found the exact problem, I
>>>> wouldn't have know how it got that way.
>>>>
>>>> Something to remember if someone complains that their system is slow.
>>> I frequently end up with 100% CPU use during and even after nsplugins are
>>> used.
>>> After closing konqueror this is gone.
>> You do not need to close Konqueror, killing the nspluginviewer process
>> is enough
> 
> Sure, but this is more complicated and not a good solution for "normal" users, 
> knowing nothing about top, ps and kill.
> 
Users can use KSysGuard.  This is much easier, just select the process, 
click the "Kill" button and click through the confirmation dialog.

-- 
JRT
 
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