weird firefox linux issue...

jdratlif · Post by **jdratlif** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 1:16 am

Has anyone ever had slow browser issues on a specific site using Firefox in Linux?

I was trying to make some requests for stuff at my library on their website and it was very slow last night. I also got several errors when trying to do it (i.e. the page said error), so I assumed it was either a problem on their end, or maybe since I was updating Windows XP in vmware at the time, I was exceeding my bandwidth or using too much memory.

This morning, I tried again. Same problems. So I wondered if maybe it was a Firefox issue. I've tried IE7 in Windows XP (vmware under the same linux box), Firefox (2.0.0.4) on Vista on my laptop, and Opera (9.20) on the same linux box. They all work just fine.

Anyone ever seen anything like this, or know anything I might look at to solve the problem?

It seems like it can't be my router, OS, or NIC. It's very specific to Firefox Linux. I've tried it built from source and I've tried it with the linux binary.

I'm using Firefox 2.0.0.4 on gentoo with a 2.6.20 kernel running Gnome 2.16 (gtk+ 2.10.11). I have cable broadband (10 Mbps down / 1 Mbps up).

casualsax3 · Post by **casualsax3** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 2:01 am

The only issue I've come across with Firefox under linux is the obvious lack of transparancy in flash... fucking Mozilla...
Visit www.voxel.net if you haven't seen the issue yet. See the big white box where there's supposed to be content?

franpa · Post by **franpa** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 2:25 am

?

there aint no big white boxes there, do you actually have flash installed for firefox? or only for IE?

whicker · Post by **whicker** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 3:52 am

is firefox trying repeatedly to do something stupid like download a huge search suggestion file while simultaneously updating all rss feeds?

snkcube · Post by **snkcube** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 5:49 am

franpa wrote:?

there aint no big white boxes there, do you actually have flash installed for firefox? or only for IE?

Well, he said Firefox under Linux. This might not be an issue with Firefox under Windows.

jdratlif · Post by **jdratlif** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 6:13 am

whicker wrote:is firefox trying repeatedly to do something stupid like download a huge search suggestion file while simultaneously updating all rss feeds?

I don't think so. I don't have any extra rss feeds installed other than the default latest headlines.

I'm not entirely sure what you mean by huge search suggestion file. But my library searches are pretty small. Just a single title search for some DVD I want.

adventure_of_link · Post by **adventure_of_link** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 11:59 pm

I've usually had firefox in Linux go slow like loading a myspace every time someone posts a billion and one emoticons on forums, or when I look at a bunch of inlined images

jdratlif · Post by **jdratlif** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 1:18 am

adventure_of_link wrote:I've usually had firefox in Linux go slow like loading a myspace every time someone posts a billion and one emoticons on forums, or when I look at a bunch of inlined images

I've noticed this on a few forum sites, but there are very few images on the site I'm having trouble with.