[K12OSN] Firefox Running Slow

[Robert Arkiletian]

On 8/31/06, James P. Kinney III <jkinney at localnetsolutions.com> wrote:
>
> On my Firefox 1.5.0.1 I find that setting under
> Edit->Preferences->Advanced->Update
>
> If someone is rolling out a new installation o K12LTSP v. 5.0, on the
> server first create a dummy user and setup the default environment under
> that then copy the .mozilla directory to /etc/skel/. Then create all the
> other users. That way they all get the starting prefs.



K12LTSP EL (Centos 4 based) just got update 4 yesterday. So if people do a
yum update they will also be upgraded from Firefox 1.0x to 1.5x. Will this
issue affect those servers also?

Also wondering if the default global setting in  EL update 4 and FC5
versions
browser.sessionhistory.max_total_viewers is set to 0
I remember Eric mentioning that this was neccessary to prevent Firefox
1.5xfrom consuming too much memory.


The only "gotcha" is that all the plugins must be installed first (which
> is going to happen anyway before it can be used...)
>
> The best part of this is the ability to pre-populate the bookmarks.
>
> On Thu, 2006-08-31 at 12:25 +0000, dahopkins at comcast.net wrote:
> > I also noticed this, but for me it was that Firefox has the update
> settings set to check for updates on launch (under Tools -- Options --
> Advanced -- Update).  Unchecking these allows Firefox to start quickly.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> > Dave Hopkins
> >
> > p.s. sorry for the form of the reply, it seems Comcast is rejecting
> email from k12osn .. redhat.com at the moment. (last 5 days)
> >
> >
> >
> > Jeff, I only noticed the delay on the first launch of firefox. I tested
> this for many users and it seems to be true for those that I tested. Could
> the delay be from Firefox creating a new profile?
> >
> > Tim
> >
> > On 8/30/06, David Trask <dtrask vcsvikings org> wrote:
> >
> >     Yes...I have noticed this....I run Samba/LDAP for centralized
> >     authentication....and use DHCP failover/Load balancing to run two
> servers
> >     for K12LTSP v5.  I have also noticed the significant delay in
> launching
> >     firefox....I attributed much of it to Day one first time launches,
> but
> >     maybe there's more to it.  I'll check into it more tomorrow.
> >
> >
> >     "Support list for open source software in schools." <k12osn redhat
> com>
> >     writes:
> >     >Has anyone noticed this as well?
> >     >
> >     >I should point out that all servers use the same version of
> Firefox. We
> >     >use a seperate repository to ensure all servers have the same
> version of
> >     >Linux packages.
> >
> >
> >
> >     David N. Trask
> >     Technology Teacher/Director
> >     Vassalboro Community School
> >     dtrask vcsvikings org
> >     (207)923-3100
> >
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