[PLUG] Thunderbird running continuously??

[M. Edward (Ed) Borasky]

Keith Lofstrom wrote:
> On Jan 4, 2007, at 7:32 AM, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote:
>
>   
>> I've got a Gentoo Linux system, and I just noticed that Thunderbird  
>> appears to be using the processor to some extent continuously -- if  
>> you run "top", Thunderbird sits at the top of the list much more  
>> than I'd expect when it's sitting idle and minimized. Being a  
>> performance engineer, running "top" is somewhat instinctive, so I'm  
>> of the opinion that this is something that came in when the latest  
>> release (version 2 beta 1) got installed. Has anyone else seen this?
>>
>>     
>
> On Fri, Jan 05, 2007 at 12:06:04PM -0800, Kevin Scaldeferri wrote:
>   
>> I don't run Thunderbird, but what you describe is typical of my  
>> Firefox experience.  5-10% CPU usage, even when idle and minimized.
>>     
>
> I haven't seen that kind of idle time usage with Firefox, /unless/
> there is some animation running on an open page (or popup).  Some 
> sites send backing popups that consume CPU time, and the 5% Firefox
> usage showing in top is a good sign that one of the little bastards
> is running somewhere.  So indeed it si a good thing to watch.
>
> Keith
>
>   
Yeah ... I rarely see Firefox in "top". I just hope this goes away when 
Thunderbird 2 is out of beta. If it doesn't, I'll have to switch email 
clients -- that kind of resource hit is unacceptable.

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