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/ ? -- Michael hennebry at web.cs.ndsu.NoDak.edu "Sorry but your password must contain an uppercase letter, a number, a haiku, a gang sign, a heiroglyph, and the blood of a virgin." -- someeecards