On 09/24/2017 02:26 AM, Michael Hennebry wrote:
On Thu, 21 Sep 2017, ken wrote:
On 09/20/2017 01:00 PM, Michael Hennebry wrote:
Previously when firefox went catatonic to the point that I could not even scroll, its CPU usage had gone to 100%+. Now top tells me that firefox, Web Content (with a space) or sometimes kswap... has process state D, uninterruptable sleep.
Any suggestions on how to deal?
I had that problem... and yes, it was some site's page with wild or outright broken javascript. Installed NoScript, a Firefox add-on, and using that, severely limit what javascript can run. Since then I've been good.
From here: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/noscript/ ?
Yes.
It can also be accessed from within Firefox -> Tools -> Add-ons -> Extensions. Then search for it, etc.