well... i have now opened iceweasel (7.0b2) in safe mode, and... now it uses only about 124Mb (htop says). same tabs as before.
i'll copy the about:memory info: ___________________________________________ Main Process Explicit Allocations 123.55 MB (100.0%) -- explicit ├───53.08 MB (42.96%) -- js │ ├──15.95 MB (12.91%) -- compartment( https://mail.google.com/mail/?hl=es&tab=...) │ │ ├───9.25 MB (07.49%) -- gc-heap │ │ │ ├──5.37 MB (04.34%) -- objects │ │ │ ├──2.38 MB (01.93%) -- shapes │ │ │ ├──1.09 MB (00.88%) -- arena-unused │ │ │ └──0.42 MB (00.34%) -- (4 omitted) │ │ ├───3.99 MB (03.23%) -- scripts │ │ ├───1.84 MB (01.49%) -- object-slots │ │ ├───0.67 MB (00.54%) -- string-chars │ │ └───0.19 MB (00.15%) -- (4 omitted) │ ├──13.79 MB (11.16%) -- compartment([System Principal]) │ │ ├──10.75 MB (08.70%) -- gc-heap │ │ │ ├───4.99 MB (04.04%) -- arena-unused │ │ │ ├───3.42 MB (02.77%) -- objects │ │ │ ├───2.14 MB (01.73%) -- shapes │ │ │ └───0.20 MB (00.16%) -- (4 omitted) │ │ ├───1.86 MB (01.50%) -- scripts │ │ ├───0.77 MB (00.62%) -- object-slots │ │ └───0.42 MB (00.34%) -- (5 omitted) │ ├──11.15 MB (09.03%) -- gc-heap-chunk-unused │ ├───8.00 MB (06.47%) -- stack │ ├───3.58 MB (02.89%) -- compartment(atoms) │ │ ├──2.34 MB (01.89%) -- string-chars │ │ ├──1.24 MB (01.00%) -- gc-heap │ │ │ ├──1.21 MB (00.98%) -- strings │ │ │ └──0.03 MB (00.02%) -- (6 omitted) │ │ └──0.00 MB (00.00%) -- (6 omitted) │ └───0.62 MB (00.50%) -- (3 omitted) ├───43.32 MB (35.06%) -- heap-unclassified ├───17.72 MB (14.34%) -- storage │ └──17.72 MB (14.34%) -- sqlite │ ├──14.74 MB (11.93%) -- places.sqlite │ │ ├──14.50 MB (11.74%) -- cache-used │ │ └───0.24 MB (00.19%) -- (2 omitted) │ ├───1.39 MB (01.12%) -- (11 omitted) │ ├───0.97 MB (00.78%) -- other │ └───0.63 MB (00.51%) -- cookies.sqlite │ ├──0.62 MB (00.50%) -- cache-used │ └──0.01 MB (00.01%) -- (2 omitted) ├────5.66 MB (04.58%) -- images │ ├──5.41 MB (04.38%) -- content │ │ ├──5.41 MB (04.38%) -- used │ │ │ ├──4.84 MB (03.92%) -- uncompressed │ │ │ └──0.57 MB (00.46%) -- (1 omitted) │ │ └──0.00 MB (00.00%) -- (1 omitted) │ └──0.25 MB (00.20%) -- (1 omitted) ├────2.92 MB (02.36%) -- layout │ ├──2.92 MB (02.36%) -- all │ └──0.00 MB (00.00%) -- (1 omitted) └────0.85 MB (00.69%) -- xpti-working-set Other Measurements 596.25 MB -- vsize 190.00 MB -- heap-committed 155.08 MB -- resident 115.24 MB -- heap-used 74.76 MB -- heap-unused 33.00 MB -- js-gc-heap 2.38 MB -- heap-dirty 0.08 MB -- gfx-surface-image 175,523 -- soft-page-faults 312 -- hard-page-faults _______________________________________ i suppose this means that it's not iceweasel's fault, but an extension. however, why does iceweasel 5.0 does not use so much ram, with the same extensions?? (yes, almost all of them are compatible with both versions. one or two of them, however, are not compatible with anything above 3.5, i think. i'm using the addon comatibility reporter to run them.). as i said, none of them cause trouble in iceweasel 5.0. PS: i'll give a list of extensions, but have no idea of how to get such a list in plain text (i have enough of them to not show in a single screenshot) 2011/9/5 Mike Hommey <m...@glandium.org> > On Mon, Sep 05, 2011 at 04:06:28PM +0200, niky 45 wrote: > > first, thanks for replying. > > > > ok, there are some results. i'll attach a screenshot, with about:memory > plus > > htop output. this time, two tabs, gmail (for writting this), and the > > about:memory from iceweasel. > > > > second, i have tried with 7.0b2 (from experimental). at first it looked > it > > wouldn't use too much ram, but after a while (~ 5 minutes), it uses > almost > > the same. take a look at the second screenshot. (note: same tabs, gmail, > and > > the about:memory ) > > Did you try without plugins and without extensions ? > > Mike > -- _.-'((NikY))'-._