why is npviewer.bin such a CPU hog?

[Mike A. Harris]

Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>   i've never noticed this process before, and it may have come along
> when i recently installed vlc, but npviewer.bin:
> 
> $ locate npviewer.bin
> /usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/npviewer.bin
> 
> has a nasty habit of sucking up gobs of CPU.  according to top, it can
> be using anywhere from 25-45% of the CPU if i'm just browsing a web
> page with an embedded youtube video.  mind you, i'm not even
> *watching* the video, there's just one embedded in the page somwehere,
> and a chunk of my CPU goes bye bye.
> 
>   is this normal?  is anyone else seeing this?

It wraps browser plugins, so it is the plugin (Adobe flash) that is 
using your CPU cycles.


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