379113 - XOrg takes 100% of CPU when viewing s5 slideshow

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Dave Abrahams]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.3) Gecko/20061201 Firefox/2.0.0.3 (Ubuntu-feisty)
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.3) Gecko/20061201 Firefox/2.0.0.3 (Ubuntu-feisty)

I don't have much to add except that apparently this has been a problem since Dec. 2005.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Visit http://docutils.sf.net/docs/user/slide-shows.s5.html
Actual Results:  
Everything slowed to a crawl as my Xorg process consumed 100% of a cpu

Expected Results:  
reasonable performance

Comment 1

[Mats Palmgren (inactive)]

Works for me, Firefox 2.0.0.3 on Ubuntu-edgy (mozilla.com build).

Dave, does the problem occur if you use the official Mozilla build?
http://www.mozilla.com/

It would help to see the details on your X server, please run:
xdpyinfo > "file"
in a terminal window and then attach "file" to this bug report. Thanks.

Comment 2

[lexual]

Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.3a1pre) Gecko/20100125 Minefield/3.7a1pre

Works for me too.