Ubuntu 10.04: Processor load

[ShawnxBuntu]

Hello everyone.. im hav ing a very hard time.. understanding why My CPU is being eatting alive by Firefox.bin aka FireFox.. when i do
uname -r 2.6.32-34-generic Which is what kernel im running.. when i do top..

top - 18:11:52 up 13 min, 2 users, load average: 1.14, 0.90, 0.60
Tasks: 232 total, 2 running, 230 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie
Cpu(s): 0.9%us, 0.3%sy, 0.0%ni, 98.4%id, 0.3%wa, 0.1%hi, 0.0%si, 0.0%st
Mem: 6107652k total, 1019956k used, 5087696k free, 32960k buffers
Swap: 17890296k total, 0k used, 17890296k free, 467684k cached

PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
1374 root 20 0 135m 43m 19m S 4 0.7 0:31.15 Xorg
2149 shawn 20 0 206m 14m 10m R 2 0.2 0:00.55 gnome-terminal
2056 shawn 20 0 669m 102m 32m S 2 1.7 0:32.18 firefox-bin
2220 shawn 20 0 19348 1512 1064 R 1 0.0 0:00.07 top
1 root 20 0 23696 1960 1276 S 0 0.0 0:02.20 init
2 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.01 kthreadd
3 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 migration/0
4 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.01 ksoftirqd/0
5 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 watchdog/0
6 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 migration/1
7 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.01 ksoftirqd/1
8 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 watchdog/1
9 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 migration/2
10 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.01 ksoftirqd/2
11 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 watchdog/2
12 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 migration/3
13 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.01 ksoftirqd/3

Thats with fire fox running but not on YouTube.. now watch..
shawn@shawn-laptop:~$ uname -r
2.6.32-34-generic
shawn@shawn-laptop:~$ top

top - 18:14:26 up 16 min, 2 users, load average: 1.23, 1.01, 0.68
Tasks: 232 total, 2 running, 230 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie
Cpu(s): 2.9%us, 0.5%sy, 0.0%ni, 96.4%id, 0.1%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.0%si, 0.0%st
Mem: 6107652k total, 1057728k used, 5049924k free, 33252k buffers
Swap: 17890296k total, 0k used, 17890296k free, 475812k cached

PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
2084 shawn 20 0 673m 67m 25m S 18 1.1 0:17.51 plugin-containe
1374 root 20 0 136m 44m 20m S 3 0.7 0:36.40 Xorg
1605 shawn 9 -11 336m 6032 4432 S 2 0.1 0:02.06 pulseaudio
2056 shawn 20 0 669m 107m 32m S 1 1.8 0:38.58 firefox-bin
2149 shawn 20 0 207m 14m 10m S 1 0.2 0:01.39 gnome-terminal
1603 shawn 20 0 165m 10m 8696 S 1 0.2 0:01.13 metacity
2220 shawn 20 0 19348 1512 1064 R 0 0.0 0:00.70 top
1 root 20 0 23696 1960 1276 S 0 0.0 0:02.20 init
2 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.01 kthreadd
3 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 migration/0
4 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.01 ksoftirqd/0
5 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 watchdog/0
6 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 migration/1
7 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.01 ksoftirqd/1
8 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 watchdog/1
9 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 migration/2
10 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.01 ksoftirqd/2


its more plugin-container.. i deleted npwrapper because the npviewer.bin was takin all my cpu up.. i have aintel core i7.. 4 cores 8 logical cores? would it make diff?..

[MG&TL]

Try a different browser (it doesn't have to be permanent) and see if it's firefox, or a problem with flash. And your kernel's not going to change with your web activity y'know....;)

[acrazyplayer]

I think you now understand why so many people don't like adobe flash. As was already said try a different browse, google crhome comes with its own version of flash player and also handles things differently, it is also harder to pin point becuase it will create quite a few different things of the same name in "top" but it still may be of help. good luck