Hello! Which version of Firefox are you using? I newer version might help reduce CPU/Mem load. You might also try Google Chrome, there's a linux installer available - I've found chrome to be slightly better at memory management and a bit speedier... (Although new versions of firefox may negate that advantage)
Generally, Flash does consume an huge amount of resources, so if it's required for you to use it you might just have to grin and bear it - you might also consider talking to the people who require flash to see if an alternative solution is available - most functionality can be replicated with "HTML5" now. Make sure your version of flash is 64 bit as well. There might also be something I've missed, in which case someone else on this list should feel free to chime in. -Chris On 2012-11-13, at 12:38 PM, Yasha Karant <ykar...@csusb.edu> wrote: > Right now, my quad core SL 6x X86-64 workstation is not responding very > well; a quick look at top reveals: > > Tasks: 181 total, 2 running, 178 sleeping, 0 stopped, 1 zombie > Cpu(s): 41.1%us, 7.2%sy, 0.0%ni, 51.3%id, 0.4%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.0%si, > 0.0%st > Mem: 8196468k total, 8002116k used, 194352k free, 9344k buffers > Swap: 2048252k total, 1753152k used, 295100k free, 543572k cached > > PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND > > 3417 ykarant 20 0 1679m 738m 8752 S 122.2 9.2 9239:30 > plugin-containe > 3342 ykarant 20 0 2995m 2.2g 18m R 94.9 28.2 8309:43 firefox > > 2051 root 20 0 4448m 3.1g 9440 S 1.8 39.6 443:40.39 Xorg > > 2793 ykarant 9 -11 559m 3028 1860 S 1.8 0.0 20:04.64 pulseaudio > > 3113 ykarant 20 0 321m 6904 5292 S 1.8 0.1 211:10.01 gkrellm > > 18994 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 1.8 0.0 0:00.05 kworker/2:3 > > 19318 ykarant 20 0 15136 1140 812 R 1.8 0.0 0:00.04 top > > 31800 ykarant 20 0 1247m 58m 952 S 1.8 0.7 68:45.24 java > > 1 root 20 0 19448 872 660 S 0.0 0.0 0:04.12 init > > 2 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:01.81 kthreadd > > 3 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:06.58 > ksoftirqd/0 > 5 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.03 > kworker/u:0 > 6 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 > migration/0 > 7 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.26 watchdog/0 > > 8 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 > migration/1 > 10 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:09.72 > ksoftirqd/1 > 12 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.44 watchdog/1 > > Note that from above: > > 3417 ykarant 20 0 1679m 738m 8752 S 122.2 9.2 9239:30 > plugin-containe > 3342 ykarant 20 0 2995m 2.2g 18m R 94.9 28.2 8309:43 firefox > > > My institution requires the use of Adobe flash (as well as java), and > thus it seems that plugin-container is being used. Is there an > alternative approach? The above seems to me a total waste of machine > resources. > > Yasha Karant