Veljko writes: > On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 09:34:22AM +0200, Alberto Luaces wrote: >> And what about the version numbers for iceweasel and firefox? > > Debian: > iceweasel -v > Mozilla Iceweasel 10.0.12 > > Slackware: > firefox -v > Mozilla Firefox 21.0 > > Firefox I downloaded from mozilla.org and I started on Debian: > ./firefox-bin -v > Mozilla Firefox 21.0 >
If I remember correctly, the same happens in my laptop with iceweasel 18. > > >> That behavior is not a good thing, but it is not very surprising to me. > > Not good, indeed. This is very important peace of software everybody use. > >> It seems that iceweasel is storing all images as X pixmaps, so the >> memory requirements of the Xorg server grow. Maybe other browsers tend >> to avoid the issue by not loading all the images in memory >> simultaneously. Nevertheless, it would be a good thing to know if this >> is going to stay as is, or if there are plans to reduce that ram >> compsumption. > > Firefox I downloaded behaves exactly like Iceweasel, but only on Debian. > That's why I'm not sure if problem lies only there. If picture is loaded in > RAM by browser, why to duplicate it in Xorg? > I don't know. It could be an error in Xorg, or just triggered by iceweasel/firefox. There are similar bug reports (http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=673349), but we would have to compare Xorg versions and graphic drivers between Debian and Slackware. -- Alberto -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87li6zo4aw....@eps142.cdf.udc.es
