Firefox 14.0.1 killing my machine [Solved]

[lourens]

Hi,

While browsing, my machine "locks up", the cursor become inactive for a couple of minutes, when it returns I am not able to do anything. Amorok starts jumping.
A Ctrl-Alt-F2, it takes around 3 minutes before I'm able to log in.
htop reports my 4 Cores running at 100%, Firefox is using around 84% of MEM% and between 40% and 70% of CPU%.
killall firefox does the job of returning my machine to a usefull state.

All updates have been applied and I am puzzled by this new development?

Any pointers will be welcome, I have a dislike for using Chromium !

Thanks a mill.

[Fitzcarraldo]

Have you tried disabling the Firefox Add-ons one-by-one to see if one of them is causing the problem?

[manifesto]

Hi,

I do have some troubles with FF since a few months.
FF is going to 100% CPU but I am still able to use my desktop.
I suspect some plugins and especially flash player.
Try to check out your plugins and disable unused one to see if you still have the pb.

[lourens]

Hi Guys,

I'm testing Firefox now, in Safe Mode with all Addons disabled - I'll let you know how it goes.

Thanks for the suggestions.

[lourens]

Hi,

I have disabled all but the following Add-ons and the machine is behaving - I'll test the disabled ones when I need to again use them.
Enabled : DownloadHelper, Secure Sanitizer, PDF Download, Default Full Zoom Level.
Disabled : BetterPrivacy, FlashGot, EpubReader, Flash Video Downloader, Web Search Pro, music_detector.

Thanks for the help.

[Fitzcarraldo]

Let us know if you manage to identify the specific Add-on that caused the problem.

Also, kindly note the first link in my signature. I'll do it for you this time. Thanks.