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SqueezeCenter 7.2

Posted at 9:50pm on Friday, September 5th, 2008 by

Just upgraded to SqueezeCenter 7.2 at home (having previously been on the 6.x Debian package).  The improvements are fantastic, except… In Firefox 2 on Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) my CPU got pegged for a couple of seconds every time a new page loaded, making the interface unusably slow.

I’ve fixed it by disabling the “Ubuntu Firefox Modifications 0.5″ FireFox Add-on, but I can’t find much information about what that extension does and what I’m missing by disabling it. Or why on earth it breaks it in the first place.

Now it’s time for a Boom ;)

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4 Responses to “SqueezeCenter 7.2”

  1. fourstar Says:
    September 7th, 2008 at 5:36 pm

    I too am heading down the Squeezebox (and Boom) route having visited winjer’s setup. Does the client software run ok on a standard Eee 701 do we know?

  2. Andy Says:
    September 7th, 2008 at 6:38 pm

    We do, and “just about” is the answer. I’m rather tempted by the spiffy remote control though, thereby removing the need for any computer at all…

  3. fourstar Says:
    September 8th, 2008 at 11:40 pm

    Yes, fair comment. Freyja is very fond of remote controls mind you, so perhaps I could hide in the soon-to-be-constructed shed with my Eee and playlist away remotely :)

  4. Andy Says:
    September 14th, 2008 at 2:50 pm

    So… I was dubious about the Ubuntu modifications being the cause (seemed rather unlikely). Turns out it’s Chris Pederick’s web developer tool bar that causes it. Which is a shame, because unlike Firebug you can’t turn that off on a per site basis. Time, instead, for the Firefox Profile Manager.