[CentOS] firefox and D state

[ken]

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.