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Shame, as that is one thing that isn't very well tested.
Lets find out which thread is causing the high CPU load. Please download http://www.warpcave.com/betas/monitorthreads-0.4-shl-2020-10-13.zip and run at a cmd prompt and then run Thunderbird or Firefox for a bit and report which thread is using all the CPU.
Also, could you generate a trp report? Probably won't say much but one never knows. At a cmd prompt, do "set exceptq=Z" without the quotes then from the same prompt, fire up Thunderbird or Firefox after CDing to their program directory. Let the program run a bit and then close it. There should be a trp report in the program directory, please post it.

It looks like TID 12 is the main culprit, although FIREFOX PID 83 TID 1 shows up frequently, as well.

2020-12-05 12:06:07 FIREFOX.EXE PID 83 TID  1 248 mSec ready
2020-12-05 12:06:08 FIREFOX.EXE PID 83 TID 12 651 mSec ready
2020-12-05 12:06:09 FIREFOX.EXE PID 83 TID 12 713 mSec ready


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Could you try a setup with audio support?

I reran the install and included the audio support, but it made no difference. Firefox still runs at 100% CPU.

Bennie

33
It might help if the install/boot partition was a lot smaller.  You shouldn't need more that 2 GB as the OS install partition with another partition for everything else - there is no need to do it the windows way with OS/2. 
My boot partition is 2 GB and has 1.3 GB free, Programs and tools are on another partition which makes it easy to update everything.

Prior to JFS support for the boot partition, I would set up three partitions: 1) OS; 2) Apps; and 3) Data. When the boot partition could be formatted JFS, I dropped that to 2 partitions: OS and Apps/Data; or OS/Apps and Data. With VM's, I've become lazy and I only use 1. For recovery, the data is backed up daily to a server, while the VM is exported as an appliance from time to time. Recovery is simple: import the appliance, and reload the data. It's also easy to migrate to a new version of the OS: build a new VM and restore the data.

I've been wondering if I should return to the second variant of my second methodology, and use two partitions on two VDIs: OS/Apps and Data. The Data virtual disk can be moved from VM to VM.

Bennie

34
Lars,

Thanks for explanation regarding the LANMAN error. My system configuration includes SAMBA connectivity with shares from other machines running WIN XP, Win 7, and CentOS 7. Not surprisingly, I have always had to deal with flaky behavior. :)

Bennie

35
> Could you run this program and send the file that is generated to this forum? It would help to know the hardware you have.
>
> c:\sys\install\detect\pci.exe >mifile-mipc.txt

The output is attached.

Bennie

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I noticed the LSI0006 message during system start ups when Locked files needed to be processed. This is on a freshly installed copy of Arca 5.0.6 on a JFS 16 GB partition with  almost 12 GB free.

Does anyone have any idea why the message is showing up?

Thanks,
Bennie

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I did not migrate a Firefox profile and I have tried TB with a new profile, as well, and the CPU usage is high. I did deviate from the installation instructions a bit: I did not install DOS/Windows,  USB, and Audio support.

Since I have an extra ArcaOS VM, I can test different versions of TB and FireFox, as was suggested.

Thanks,
Bennie

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Yes, those are the instructions I used. It appears that something significant has changed since ArcaOS 5.0.4, resulting in both Thunderbird and Firefox becoming CPU hogs. At least the SMP VM is responsive, so I'll stick with that for now.

Thanks for the help,
Bennie

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Additional information: I installed ArcaOS, including VBox Guest Additions,  in a different VM with 2 CPUs. The installed libc06 dlls are different from the VMs with patches and updates installed, and they are also different form the set that is included with the VBox Guest Additions.

12-25-19  6:59a        45,363    124 a---  libc06.dll
12-25-19  6:59a        45,364    124 a---  libc061.dll
12-25-19  6:59a       153,497    124 a---  libc062.dll
12-25-19  6:59a       153,497    124 a---  libc063.dll
12-25-19  6:59a       153,563    124 a---  libc064.dll
12-25-19  6:59a       153,563    124 a---  libc065.dll
12-25-19  6:59a       316,489    124 a---  libc066.dll
        7 file(s)   1,021,336 bytes used

I started Firefox before running any updates, and top reports 95% to 100%. Even with FF on the blank startup page, the CPU monitor utility (Programs/Utilities) shows high usage on both CPUs. Next, I'll run the ANPM updates and try FF again.

Bennie



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The Libc06 dlls on ArcaOS are different from the Libc06 dlls on VBox Guest Additions CD image mounted by VBox:

ArcaOS:
 3-28-20   8:33          45,363    124  libc06.dll
 3-28-20   8:33          45,364    124  libc061.dll
 3-28-20   8:33         153,497    124  libc062.dll
 3-28-20   8:33         153,497    124  libc063.dll
 3-28-20   8:33         153,563    124  libc064.dll
 3-28-20   8:33         153,563    124  libc065.dll
 3-28-20   8:33         316,502    124  libc066.dll
       1,021,349 bytes in 7 files and 0 dirs

VBox GA:
10-15-20  2:46p        48,179      0 ---r  libc06.dll
10-15-20  2:46p        48,179      0 ---r  libc061.dll
10-15-20  2:46p       157,161      0 ---r  libc062.dll
10-15-20  2:46p       157,161      0 ---r  libc063.dll
10-15-20  2:46p       157,213      0 ---r  libc064.dll
10-15-20  2:46p       157,213      0 ---r  libc065.dll
10-15-20  2:46p     1,361,666      0 ---r  libc066.dll
        7 file(s)   2,086,772 bytes used

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I ran ANPM after the install to update packages, and I ran yum to install packages needed for OpenOffice. I used the Vbox additions provided by the ArcaOs installer, rather than using the older method. Does this mean the libc version is incorrect? How do I verify that against the following yum list libc* output?

Installed Packages
libc.i686                              1:0.1.4-1.oc00                installed
libcurl.i686                           7.37.0-2.oc00                 installed
libcx.i686                             0.6.6-1.oc00                  installed

Thanks,
Bennie


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I confirmed the Firefox behavior on a different VM running ArcaOS 5.0.6. Thunderbird has never been started on the second one, so it's definitely something that is common to the two Mozilla packages.

Bennie Nelson

43
I decided to leave Thunderbird off and start Firefox, leaving it running at the start up page. Firefox also uses 100% of the CPU. So this issue is common to the Mozilla packages.

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Thunderbird with one CPU has always run OK for me. I looked at the Activity Monitor under Tools, but nothing shows up when the Thunderbird process goes to 100%.

> A couple of other things to try. First try starting Thunderbird up in safe mode. Should be an icon under Programs-->Installed Software-->Thunderbird.
> If that doesn't work, try minimizing it, wait for a couple of minutes and restoring it.

Same behavior for both.

> If that doesn't work, make sure you have a good backup of your profile, and try deleting all the msf files in your profile. They'll get recreated as you touch folders in Thunderbird. One
 > drawback of this method is that if you haven't compacted your folders lately, deleted and filtered messages will return.
> When moving a profile, you should always compact all folders first.

I haven't tried this yet, but only the InBox needs to be compressed from time to time. I did delete the two cache folders, but that didn't resolve. I haven't done anything with the startupcache folder, yet. I'll try deleting the msf files, but that will have to wait for another day. If that doesn't work, I may try removing the old profile and start Thunderbird with nothing so a new one will be created, and then drop the mail folders and address book into the newly created profile.

Thanks for the suggestions.

Bennie Nelson

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I should have given the system specs:

Thunderbird 45.8.0 was installed with ArcaOS. I zipped the contents of C:/Home/Thunderbird, including the subdirectories on the prior VM and unzipped them into the same location on the VM. Regarding libvpx: version 1.6.1-1.oc00 is installed, but yum lists both older and newer versions (1.4.0 and 1.8.2).

ArcaOS is running in a virtual machine under VirtualBox 6.1.16, with the Guest Additions installed by the ArcaOS installer. The virtual machine was set up using the instructions provided at the link below:

https://www.arcanoae.com/wiki/arcaos/installation-planning/virtual-machine-configuration/oracle-vm-virtualbox/

The VM has 1 CPU, 2 GB RAM, and plenty of disk space (12 GB free).

I cannot find a folder called 'Tools', but I did run the CPU Monitor and it shows the CPU at 100%.

Thanks,
Bennie Nelson

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