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List:       opensuse
Subject:    Re: [opensuse] Firefox memory leak
From:       Basil Chupin <blchupin () iinet ! net ! au>
Date:       2014-08-28 2:48:51
Message-ID: 53FE9893.7020102 () iinet ! net ! au
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On 28/08/14 02:51, Jim Sabatke wrote:
> On 08/27/2014 09:36 AM, Karl Sinn wrote:
>>
>> Am 27.08.2014 15:49, schrieb Jim Sabatke:
>>> For quite some time, and across a couple versions of OpenSuse (13.1 
>>> currently) I've had terrible problems with Firefox.  It displays the 
>>> usual memory leak problems that programs often show, getting slower 
>>> and slower until it becomes unresponsive until I kill it and 
>>> restart. Sometimes it happens within minutes of restarting, so I 
>>> think it's related to whatever technology the web pages are using. I 
>>> just did one of those FaceBook polls where you select radio buttons, 
>>> and that one stopped Firefox dead in it's tracks.
>>>
>>
>> I have no problems with firefox since years.
>> Do you have ADD-ONs installed?
>> If you delete them, do you have the same problems?
>>
>>> Over the past year, I've upgraded Firefox through official channels. 
>>> Is there any recommendation for a version that works?
>>>
>>
>> Ich habe Version 30 hier
>>
>>
> Add-ins is a good bet.  I'll disable and report back.  It may take a 
> while because of the nature of memory problems.  One problem with 
> add-ins is that often websites I need won't run without them.
>
> I'm running 26 and haven't been able to find any newer packages to 
> install.

https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/latest-mozilla-aurora/

Alpha 2, called Aurora, of the nightly release of Firefox 
work-in-progress. Been using it for years without any (or almost no - I 
think there was were 2 minor hiccups over the past several years) problems.

BC

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