FFox 2.0 suddenly hogging all CPU resources - Java is the cause

[Claude Jones]

This may not be the right place, except that several other FC6 
boxes are fine. In the past few days, my work machine has 
started choking on Java pages - it displays the Java icon and 
the radius circling in the center, but the java applet never 
loads, and eventually, FF just freezes and has to be killed. 
This is FF 2.0 from the remi.repo and Java 1.5.0.08, which I 
upgraded to 1.5.0.11 to no avail - Java is installed according 
to the Stanton Finley instructions and has been working fine 
till a few days ago. I've googled around and found the older CPU 
hogging issue of some months ago, but nothing recent - I've 
disabled all my FF extensions and I've even disabled Selinux, 
but to no avail. Anyone else getting this? 
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Claude Jones
Brunswick, Md, USA