On Wednesday 27 of February 2008 20:57:22 Angus Auld wrote: > --- Jean-Louis Crouzet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > Angus Auld wrote: > > > This are just my observations and experiences with > > > Flash-player and Linux of late. > > > I use my browsers to view a lot of Flash vids, and > > > > the > > > > > fact that many websites are using (over-using?) > > > > Flash > > > > > animations, etc. makes it quite important, at > > > > least to > > > > > me, that my browser be Flash-friendly. > > > Adobe, in their wisdom, decided to only support > > > > gtk > > > > > browsers in their latest release, so that has left > > > Opera (my browser of choice), pretty much out in > > > > the > > > > > cold, at least for Opera 9.2x versions and > > > > earlier. > > > > > Opera is trying to work around this in their > > > > 9.50Beta, > > > > > soon to be released. > > > However, I have noted, the latest version of > > > Flash-player does not seem to be playing well with > > > Iceweasel either. > > > It consistently causes Iceweasel to consume 80%+ > > > > cpu > > > > > cycles when viewing Flash vids...sometimes upwards > > > > of > > > > > 100%! > > > To me this is unacceptable. I have downgraded to > > > > an > > > > > earlier version of the plugin (9.0 r48), and > > > > things > > > > > are a bit better in terms of cpu usage and > > > view-ability of videos. > > > > > > Anyone else noting this may want to consider > > > downgrading Flash-player as well. > > > I have tried various installations of the plugin > > > > using > > > > > Adobe's tar.gz, and binary .deb installs, without > > > > any > > > > > improvement. > > > > > > Best regards. > > > > You might have seen my memo with subject "Flash > > Player 9 (9,0,115,0) > > with Iceweasel or Firefox (& even konqueror)" a bit > > above and also I > > noticed the same type of CPU usage.... > > > > JL > > Yes Jean, we seem to be experiencing similar problems > with Flash Player 9,0,115,0. > I too have had lock-ups where killing Opera or > Iceweasel has been the only option. I am using > Dreamlinux, a Debian Etch based distro with xfce4 > desktop. > As far as I'm concerned, on my system, Flash Player 9 > in its latest version, is unusable. > I thought I would give Opera 9.50 Beta a go, and check > the performance of the latest Flash Player. Opera is > working to try to get around the "gtk browsers only > support" in there latest version. Well, it was not any > better...high cpu consumption and occasional browser > lockup. > This is disappointing. Disabling Flash would really > put a damper on my internet experience. :( > > Using the older FP 9.0 r48 is getting me by, for the > time being at least. > > Best regards. > > > -- > Angus > > "All churches, whether Jewish, Christian, or Muslim, appear > to me no other than human inventions, setup to terrify and > enslave mankind - and to monopolize power and profit." > -- > Thomas Paine (1737-1809) > > ######Linux Laptop powered by Debian Linux###### > ###########Reg. Linux User #278931############ > > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ >_________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs
Hi, i had this problem too. CPU usage 40-80%. But since i changed flash to version 9.0 r48, CPU usage is in normal, about 2-3% and when youtube is loaded and video is playing then 20-30%, and browser seems to be fast and usable. Thanks for hint :-) Martin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
