I would assume that everybody has this bug or is "having this problem". I asked of couple of friends who use Ubuntu and tried to figure out why some of them have the CPU overload problem and some other have no problem at all.
It turned out that those who do not suffer from the problem have the Flashblock add-on installed. I installed the plugin myself et voilà no problem anymore: no cpu load of (up to) 380% (!!!) and no overheating anymore. I used the sharehoster site "share-online.biz" as a testing ground. The moment I deactivated the Flashblock add-on, restarted the browser and visited the site to download anything, the CPU was rising higher and higher within a few seconds. With the add-on activated there were no problems at all. I, therefore, assume that you only have to stumble upon a site with the "wrong" flash adverts to let the plugin-container display that CPU- eating behaviour. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/635023 Title: firefox plugin-container using 99% CPU - overheating and lock-up To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/635023/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
