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.