firefox seems to be going nuts

From: tom arnall <kloro2006(at)gmail.com>
Date: Fri Nov 16 2007 - 15:22:51 EST

firefox seems to be going nuts. it's very often hogging 95% of cpu, with no let up. and when i do a 'ps' for it, i get:

firefox        |-firefox-bin(3647)-+-{firefox-bin}(3649)

        |                   |-{firefox-bin}(3651)
        |                   |-{firefox-bin}(3666)
        |                   |-{firefox-bin}(3667)
        |                   |-{firefox-bin}(3674)
        |                   |-{firefox-bin}(3699)
        |                   |-{firefox-bin}(4856)
        |                   |-{firefox-bin}(4860)
        |                   |-{firefox-bin}(4861)
        |                   |-{firefox-bin}(4862)

        |                   `-{firefox-bin}(4863)
firefox        |-firefox-bin(3647)-+-{firefox-bin}(3649)

        |                   |-{firefox-bin}(3651)
        |                   |-{firefox-bin}(3666)
        |                   |-{firefox-bin}(3667)
        |                   |-{firefox-bin}(3674)
        |                   |-{firefox-bin}(3699)
        |                   |-{firefox-bin}(4856)
        |                   |-{firefox-bin}(4860)
        |                   |-{firefox-bin}(4861)
        |                   |-{firefox-bin}(4862)

        |                   `-{firefox-bin}(4863)
firefox        |-firefox-bin(3647)-+-{firefox-bin}(3649)

        |                   |-{firefox-bin}(3651)
        |                   |-{firefox-bin}(3666)
        |                   |-{firefox-bin}(3667)
        |                   |-{firefox-bin}(3674)
        |                   |-{firefox-bin}(3699)
        |                   |-{firefox-bin}(4856)
        |                   |-{firefox-bin}(4860)
        |                   |-{firefox-bin}(4861)
        |                   |-{firefox-bin}(4862)

        |                   `-{firefox-bin}(4863)
firefox        |-firefox-bin(3647)-+-{firefox-bin}(3649)

        |                   |-{firefox-bin}(3651)
        |                   |-{firefox-bin}(3666)
        |                   |-{firefox-bin}(3667)
        |                   |-{firefox-bin}(3674)
        |                   |-{firefox-bin}(3699)
        |                   |-{firefox-bin}(4856)
        |                   |-{firefox-bin}(4860)
        |                   |-{firefox-bin}(4861)
        |                   |-{firefox-bin}(4862)

        |                   `-{firefox-bin}(4863)

firefoxkloro@debian:~$

thanks,

tom arnall

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Received on Fri Nov 16 15:19:10 2007