On 2 February 2014 13:55, Colin Law <clan...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 2 February 2014 13:04, Anthony Harrington > <untaintablean...@hotmail.co.uk> wrote: >> On 02/02/14 12:25, Colin Law wrote: >> >> On 2 February 2014 12:10, J Fernyhough <j.fernyho...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On 2 February 2014 11:55, Colin Law <clan...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> HI >> >> -- >> >> I can't find anything on launchpad. Any suggestions anyone? >> >> -- >> >> Colin >> >> Which version of Firefox are you running? You might try the beta or aurora >> channels; I've seen a fair few issues with FF26, for example, that I haven't >> seen in 27a or 28a. >> >> I should have said, it is the standard version from the 13.10 repo. >> 26.0+build2-0ubuntu0.13.10.2 >> I might give the beta a go if I can work out how to install it. >> >> Having said that, I've occasionally had high CPU with Gmail. I wonder if it >> sometimes gets stuck in an AJAX loop (or some other race condition). >> >> Possible. Though if it were a loop in javascript then I would expect >> that FF should still be able to be closed down ok. >> >> Thanks >> >> Colin >> >> I'd recommend adding the Mozilla daily ppa and upgrading your installation >> that way. It's usually updated everyday of the year, give or take the odd >> week around holidays (for obvious reasons!) but i've yet to have problems >> with it in all the years i've been using it. It really is a great resource. >> >> to add it, do: >> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-mozilla-daily/ppa >> then >> sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get remove firefox && sudo apt-get install >> firefox-trunk > > I will give that a go. Thanks Anthony.
Well that went ok, it even copied across my profile. Just have to wait now to see if the problem shows itself again. Colin >> >> you'll get the very latest version everytime you update, from now on. >> (Currently 29 alpha) (Underlined part is optional if you want to take out >> mainline firefox ) >> >> Any problems and you can always put firefox back. (I think you can have them >> both installed at the same time, but i'd err on caution and only keep the >> one you're going to use incase there's any profile clashing? Shouldn't be >> because they're stored in separate folders, but your call, i'm sure you'll >> be happy with the results of this.) >> >> -- >> Launchpad translator and linux chemist ^_^ >> https://launchpad.net/~untaintableangel >> >> >> -- >> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ >> -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/