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kapz

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Registered: 2009-03-26

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Firefox performance issue

Hi all, I play Mafia Wars on facebook lyk religiously, so when I logon to the site and open the application page the text is not alligned properly and it hides behind the borders, not only text but also the tabs(weblinks). I multiboot my PC with Win,Arch and OpenSolaris and in 'their' firefoxes I dont face any such problems! I also tried replacing shiretoko with branded firefox, but that does not help. Then I used Opera on Arch and its really ssloww! Epiphany performs kinda Ok. What can I do to improve firefox's behaviour. And the behaviour is not limited to Mafia Wars..but many other websites as well.

Any help is appreciated.
I use x86 3.5.5 version. I have flash installed on system.

Last edited by kapz (2009-12-13 10:27:12)

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kaivalagi

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From: Norwich, UK

Registered: 2009-11-05

Posts: 145

Re: Firefox performance issue

Hi all, I play Mafia Wars on facebook lyk religiously, so when I logon to the site and open the application page the text is not alligned properly and it hides behind the borders, not only text but also the tabs(weblinks). I multiboot my PC with Win,Arch and OpenSolaris and in 'their' firefoxes I dont face any such problems! I also tried replacing shiretoko with branded firefox, but that does not help. Then I used Opera on Arch and its really ssloww! Epiphany performs kinda Ok. What can I do to improve firefox's behaviour. And the behaviour is not limited to Mafia Wars..but many other websites as well.

Any help is appreciated.
I use x86 3.5.5 version. I have flash installed on system.

How about trying "yaourt -S google-chrome-beta", just a suggestion...

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MadTux

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Registered: 2009-09-20

Posts: 553

Re: Firefox performance issue

Just an idea, disable IPv6:

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pos … bling_IPv6

And in Firefox go to about:config and set network.dns.disableIPv6 to true.

arxx

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From: Sacramento, CA

Registered: 2009-12-06

Posts: 40

Re: Firefox performance issue

also i believe mafia wars is a pure flash game. adobe sucks for linux so you might just have to deal with it if other suggestions dont work

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kapz

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Registered: 2009-03-26

Posts: 88

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Re: Firefox performance issue

Hi all, thnx for advising. I disabled the ipv6 module and did settings in about:config, but no joy
Well yeah flash sux but I dont know the game runs fine on Ubuntu firefox 3.5.5. Also it works fine on OpenSolaris...tht just leaves me to conclude - Something's wrong with Shiretoko build...maybe some patch etc...

Lets c if google chrome comes to the rescue.............

Last edited by kapz (2009-12-14 02:41:21)

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r6

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From: Melbourne

Registered: 2008-07-02

Posts: 156

Re: Firefox performance issue

Try this kapz

Add to /etc/adobe/mms.cfg (create file if doesn't exist):

OverrideGPUValidation = 1
WindowlessDisable = 1

Add to /etc/X11/xorg.conf:

Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection

Reboot

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kapz

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Registered: 2009-03-26

Posts: 88

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Re: Firefox performance issue

Hi r6..did that, but no joy. It behaves the same way!

I am sure that there is difference between ubuntu firefox and Arch firefox that too in same version...

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veranyon

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From: Odintsovo/Russian Federation

Registered: 2009-07-08

Posts: 107

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Re: Firefox performance issue

Try this kapz

Add to /etc/adobe/mms.cfg (create file if doesn't exist):

OverrideGPUValidation = 1
WindowlessDisable = 1

Add to /etc/X11/xorg.conf:

Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection

Reboot

Thank You.
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Last edited by veranyon (2009-12-26 05:59:56)

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R00KIE

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Registered: 2008-09-14

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Re: Firefox performance issue

Facebook has been acting a little weird for me ... just a really wild guess but try pressing F11 twice (this should take firefox to fullscreen and back to normal). Works for me with the notifications or whatever it is called. I suspect this may be a problem with the site code and not exactly Arch's build but hey I'm not always right

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veranyon

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From: Odintsovo/Russian Federation

Registered: 2009-07-08

Posts: 107

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Re: Firefox performance issue

I was astir to speaks early in my first post.
FF's crawl about when I open any adobe flash ones.

40% of cpu (AMD Phenom 9550 core quad)
As soon as I close ff so all're ok. - 2% of cpu.

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