From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 3 20:32:35 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B39D8868; Tue, 3 Jun 2014 20:32:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail119c7.megamailservers.com (mail734.megamailservers.com [69.49.98.44]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 82D6227D3; Tue, 3 Jun 2014 20:32:34 +0000 (UTC) X-Authenticated-User: hurds.sasktel.net Received: from [192.168.0.33] (ip70-187-145-241.oc.oc.cox.net [70.187.145.241]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail119c7.megamailservers.com (8.13.6/8.13.1) with ESMTP id s53K9wlC001227; Tue, 3 Jun 2014 16:10:00 -0400 Message-ID: <538E2B96.5070106@sasktel.net> Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2014 13:09:58 -0700 From: Stephen Hurd User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:28.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/28.0 SeaMonkey/2.25 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Ronald F. Guilmette" Subject: Re: Firefox chokes up for several seconds... frequently References: <58088.1401822414@server1.tristatelogic.com> In-Reply-To: <58088.1401822414@server1.tristatelogic.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-CSC: 0 X-CHA: v=2.1 cv=fc+UlSgF c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=qWhSLQ/2FgUpSQgLv9E1tw==:117 a=qWhSLQ/2FgUpSQgLv9E1tw==:17 a=kviXuzpPAAAA:8 a=BDKbP5mgAAAA:8 a=gJNVKQ_zN5YA:10 a=3MsjqJUfvZQA:10 a=YxfxW3ofkq8A:10 a=8nJEP1OIZ-IA:10 a=uhPMnebkAAAA:8 a=hKNOJcEOAAAA:8 a=u7b2W0pO62ryEwWrLEkA:9 a=wPNLvfGTeEIA:10 X-CTCH-RefID: str=0001.0A020209.538E2B98.01F1, ss=1, re=0.000, recu=0.000, reip=0.000, cl=1, cld=1, fgs=0 X-CTCH-VOD: Unknown X-CTCH-Spam: Unknown X-CTCH-Score: 0.000 X-CTCH-Rules: X-CTCH-Flags: 0 X-CTCH-ScoreCust: 0.000 Cc: freebsd-gecko@freebsd.org, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2014 20:32:35 -0000 Ronald F. Guilmette wrote: > In message <51901.1401770318@server1.tristatelogic.com>, I wrote: > >> I wrote: >> >>> Since I last updated my ports a couple of weeks ago, the problem >>> has gotten DRAMATICALLY worse. Now Firefox is choking up frequently, >>> and for perhaps 10-20 second each time, on virutally every web site >>> that I visit. >> NEVERMIND! >> >> I manually rebuilt and re-installed the nspluginwrapper and now >> everything with Firefox seems to magically be working A-OK again. > I spoke too soon. > > The problem is back again. > > As a friend of mine used to say "Problems that go away by themselves > come back by themselves". > > I am still desperately seeking assistance to fix this problem. I have > done everything I can to follow the Handbook instructions to the letter > and Firefox is still choking up on the vast majority of web sites. > (Apparently, almost every site on the Interwebs these days has a s**t > load of embedded flash crap on it, you know, to make it look fancy > schmancy. I think this is absurdly stupid, but what do I know?) Try changing "gfx.xrender.enabled" from True to False in about:config. This solved a similar problem with scaled images for me a couple years ago.