Re: Firefox 31.8.0: Use of Add-On "HTTPS Everywhere 5.1.2" causes 99% CPU utilization

Hi Andreas

Andreas Buchinger wrote:
> Doug Bissett schrieb:
>> On Mon, 15 Feb 2016 08:25:11 UTC, Andreas Buchinger <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Only wanted to share my findings. But it is very hard for me to debug
>>> this better cause some of my problems maybe caused by my lousy ADSL
>>> connection. Sometime I have a Win machine running at the same time (not
>>> very often). And SM on Win usually does not show such problems. So for
>>> now I'm pretty sure there is something wrong with our port/system.
>>>
>>
>> Which network adapter, and driver, do you use? I saw something similar
>> to that with a Realtek 8168 NIC, and the Arca Noae R8169 driver. After
>> I switched to the new MMRE driver, I don't see the problem any more.
>>
>
> Yes I use the AN R8169 for this interface. Unfortunately installing the
> MMRE driver leads to a hard hang just when pmshell wants to
> start/switches to graphic mode. So this is no option for this machine :-(
>


Are you using acpi?

If "Yes" it may be worth trying the acpi /VW switch on the acpi.psd 
config.sys line to resolve hardware problems. It is sometimes a case of 
hardware having a higher IRQ than OS/2 systems can use and the /VW 
switch forces the use of a lower IRQ.


Regards

Pete