I came across this article on Firefox memory improvements in the latest beta versions - http://blog.karlt.net/2008/12/firefox-31-beta-2-on-linux-uses-less.html
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 9:13 PM, Shino Jacob <shinoja...@gmail.com> wrote: > > i tried all these tweakings before maling to this list. but no real use. > waiting for mozilla developers to fix this. > > > On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 3:21 PM, nels kurian <nelskur...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Thanks for the information,anish. > > > > If the above doesn't solve somebody's problem.Try this > > - open firefox > > - In the adress bar type in "about:config" > > - In the filter bar type in "ipv6" > > - Double click "network.dns.disableIPv6" so that the value turns to TRUE > > - Restart firefox > > This will speed up firefox > > > > or you can try a memory optimisation technique > > > > > http://www.thinktechno.com/2008/03/04/4-memory-reduction-tweaks-for-firefox/ > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 2:48 PM, sahab <sahab...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> Thanks for your fast response > >> > >> On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 2:47 PM, Anish .C <cani...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> It is just changing the database from sqlite sqlite3. > >>> > >>> In previous versions Firefox stored this information in the worst > >>> possible format - Mork. Format extremely complicated, barely machine > >>> readable that gave the users no possibility to parse the data (for a > lot of > >>> laugh check out the specification on the Wikipedia page). This was > finally > >>> replaced in the new Firefox by SQLite - self contained, small footprint > >>> database. > >>> > >>> Having database store your browsing data has one drawback, you have to > >>> optimize the database from time to time to get rid of old, deleted > data, > >>> re-index the columns etc. Otherwise you keep all the junk data mixed in > with > >>> your real data. > >>> > >>> In SQLite is the statement to do this called VACUUM;. > >>> > >>> In my case this effectively cut the size of urlclassifier3.sqlite and > >>> places.sqlite to half. Thus saving 20 MB in my memory and Firefox's > speed > >>> improvement was very noticeable. So have fun with the vacuum cleaner > >>> > >>> Regards, > >>> > >>> anish** > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 2:41 PM, sahab <sahab...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Works great. Thanks. Let me know the command explanation > >>>> > >>>> On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 2:31 PM, Anish .C <cani...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> $ for f in ~/.mozilla/firefox/*/*.sqlite; do sqlite3 $f 'VACUUM;'; > done > >>>>> > >>>>> anish** > >>>>> On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 10:04 AM, Anish .C <cani...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Guys try this > >>>>>> > >>>>>> 1. Close all firefox browsers > >>>>>> 2. open a Terminal > >>>>>> 3. enter the following > >>>>>> $> for f in ~./mozilla/firefox/*/*.sqlite;do sqlite3 $f > >>>>>> 'VACUUM;';done > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Run your browser again and check whether the issue is solved or not. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Regards, > >>>>>> > >>>>>> anish** > >>>>>> > >>>>>> On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 10:48 PM, Shino Jacob <shinoja...@gmail.com > > > >>>>>> wrote: > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> I did, you can try it. > >>>>>>> Another thing is firefox does have a memory leak. Memory allocated > is > >>>>>>> not correctly reclaimed by os. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 10:13 PM, Ashik S <aash...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >>>>>>> > > >>>>>>> > I don't think so . :) did you go through the link i sent ? > >>>>>>> > > >>>>>>> > > >>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>> > > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> -- > >>>>>>> Miles to go before I Sleep > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> Turn to Linux.................. > >>>> http://sahabm.blogspot.com > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Turn to Linux.................. > >> http://sahabm.blogspot.com > >> > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > regards > > nels kurian > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Miles to go before I Sleep > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ilug-tvm" group. To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the website: www.ilug-tvm.org or the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
