Firefox or Chrome

[rokytnji.1]

Well, this thread made me decide to go ahead and install google-chrome on this I5 laptop running AntiX 15 Full. I run Iceweasel instead of Firefox on here.

I also have a

only have 1 core]

Desktop machines also. I Never experience Leos problem on those but I use the down arrow key also mostly.

Anyhows. I went with the 32 bit deb from https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/d ... index.html for debian/ubuntu and used gdebi to install it.

after that I did this next.

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harry@biker:~
$ wget -q -O - https://dl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | sudo apt-key add -
OK
harry@biker:~

My repos now say

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$ inxi -r
Repos:     Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/antix.list
           deb http://antix.daveserver.info/jessie jessie main nosystemd
           Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
           deb http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian/ jessie main contrib non-free
           deb http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main contrib non-free
           Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list
           deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
harry@biker:~

I have no issues doing things this way as I own a Acer C710 Chromebook and a Apple Iphone 5S .
Besides. There is hard copy file on me since I am a life long biker and Uncle Sam knows where to find me at any time and what I am up to since I live on the border. So I do not sweat it.

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harry@biker:~
$ apt-cache policy google-chrome-stable
google-chrome-stable:
  Installed: 46.0.2490.71-1
  Candidate: 46.0.2490.71-1
  Version table:
 *** 46.0.2490.71-1 0
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

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Adobe Flash Player - Version: 19.0.0.207
Shockwave Flash 19.0 r0

@Leo

Can you repost

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inxi -Fxz

so members not familiar with what you have in this thread can see your gear?

[Leo]

Here ya go...

System: Host: LionsPride Kernel: 3.14-0.bpo.2-686-pae i686 (32 bit gcc: 4.6.3)
Desktop: Xfce 4.12.2 (Gtk 2.24.10)
Distro: MX-14.4-pae Symbiosis 22 March 2015
Machine: System: HP Pavilion 061 product: PJ473AA-ABA M1160N v: 0qq1112RE101SALMO00
Mobo: ASUSTek model: Salmon v: 1.03
Bios: Phoenix v: 3.02 date: 09/02/2004
CPU: Single core AMD Athlon 64 3400+ (-UP-) cache: 1024 KB
flags: (lm nx pae sse sse2) bmips: 3616 speed/max: 1800/2200 MHz
Graphics: Card: NVIDIA NV34 [GeForce FX 5500] bus-ID: 01:00.0
Display Server: X.org 1.12.4 driver: nvidia
tty size: 80x25 Advanced Data: N/A for root
Audio: Card Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS7012 AC'97 Sound Controller
driver: snd_intel8x0 ports: c000 c400 bus-ID: 00:02.7
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k3.14-0.bpo.2-686-pae
Network: Card: 3Com 3c905B 100BaseTX [Cyclone]
driver: 3c59x port: e000 bus-ID: 00:09.0
IF: eth0 state: unknown speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives: HDD Total Size: 730.8GB (1.5% used)
ID-1: /dev/sda model: Maxtor_5T030H3 size: 30.6GB temp: 0C
ID-2: /dev/sdb model: WDC_WD2000BB size: 200.0GB temp: 29C
ID-3: USB /dev/sdc model: Backup+_BK size: 500.1GB temp: 0C
Partition: ID-1: / size: 12G used: 5.6G (51%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
ID-2: /home size: 15G used: 2.7G (20%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda3
ID-3: swap-1 size: 2.12GB used: 0.02GB (1%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda2
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 40.0C mobo: N/A gpu: 0.0:
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info: Processes: 160 Uptime: 5 days Memory: 452.7/2023.9MB
Init: SysVinit runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 4.7.2
Client: Shell (bash 4.2.371) inxi: 2.2.19

Yes, it's an oldie, but so am I...

[Leo]

*sigh* Well, the latest Chrome update didn't fix the problem, but I'd rather put up with this than waiting a couple of seconds for it to scroll a few lines...

[m_pav]

I'd say it's your graphics driver. Screen rendering is all done by that one piece of software and its connections with the hardware. Does your system lock up when you open hardinfo and click on summary? If it does, your graphics driver is definitely in need of attention. The test is not a hard and fast rule, but one that I found to be useful when dealing with older nvidia chipsets.

[Leo]

Synaptic says hardinfo is installed, but all I can find is System Profiler and Benchmark. If that's the GUI for hardinfo, it doesn't lock up. I would think if it was the graphics driver, it would effect Firefox, too...which it doesn't. Seems to be a Chrome only problem...

[eugen-b]

If you call hardinfo from terminal you'll get the GUI of System Profiler and Benchmark, so I think it is the same.

[Richard]

@Leo,
Have you tried the the 3.16 kernel?

It runs my 1 GB netbooks a bit cooler
and both FF and Chrome run fine,
though my preference is Chrome.

You may/probably need to update the nvidia driver.

[kmathern]

@Leo,
Have you tried the the 3.16 kernel?

It runs my 1 GB netbooks a bit cooler
and both FF and Chrome run fine,
though my preference is Chrome.

You may/probably need to update the nvidia driver.

His GeForce FX 5500 uses the nvidia legacy 173xx driver which was eol'd almost two years ago, there haven't been any updates.

Now he might post the inxi output again, running it as a regular user instead of root. He ran it as root before and it left out some of the details, so you can't really tell if the driver is installed correctly or not.

[Leo]

'K...

$ inxi -Fnz
System: Host: LionsPride Kernel: 3.14-0.bpo.2-686-pae i686 (32 bit)
Desktop: Xfce 4.12.2 Distro: MX-14.4-pae Symbiosis 22 March 2015
Machine: System: HP Pavilion 061 product: PJ473AA-ABA M1160N v: 0qq1112RE101SALMO00
Mobo: ASUSTek model: Salmon v: 1.03
Bios: Phoenix v: 3.02 date: 09/02/2004
CPU: Single core AMD Athlon 64 3400+ (-UP-) cache: 1024 KB
speed/max: 1800/2200 MHz
Graphics: Card: NVIDIA NV34 [GeForce FX 5500]
Display Server: X.Org 1.12.4 driver: nvidia
Resolution: 1280x1024@50.0hz
GLX Renderer: GeForce FX 5500/PCI/SSE2/3DNOW!
GLX Version: 2.1.2 NVIDIA 173.14.39
Audio: Card Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS7012 AC'97 Sound Controller
driver: snd_intel8x0
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k3.14-0.bpo.2-686-pae
Network: Card: 3Com 3c905B 100BaseTX [Cyclone] driver: 3c59x
IF: eth0 state: unknown speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives: HDD Total Size: 730.8GB (17.4% used)
ID-1: /dev/sda model: Maxtor_5T030H3 size: 30.6GB
ID-2: /dev/sdb model: WDC_WD2000BB size: 200.0GB
ID-3: USB /dev/sdc model: Backup+_BK size: 500.1GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 12G used: 5.8G (53%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
ID-2: /home size: 15G used: 2.7G (20%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda3
ID-3: swap-1 size: 2.12GB used: 0.04GB (2%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda2
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 40.0C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info: Processes: 161 Uptime: 10 days Memory: 477.4/2023.9MB
Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 2.2.19

I wish I could get a newer graphics card, or a whole newer computer (a dual core would tickle me pink), but lot rent and food are kinda a priority...
But, I get to see this every time I walk out the door...

[kmathern]

The inxi output looks okay. I was looking for what's shown below. Sometimes with kernel or Xorg updates a symlink will get overwriiten and the renderer part will change to "N/A". When that happens it's easiest to reinstall the driver to fix it. (you don't need to do anything)

GLX Renderer: GeForce FX 5500/PCI/SSE2/3DNOW!
GLX Version: 2.1.2 NVIDIA 173.14.39