Xenialpup64 7.5 crashes using Google maps in street view

[olddog]

This is perhaps a memory problem, and perhaps also the wrong place to post.

I am using xenialpup64 7.5 in a Thinkpad T61 as follows:

-Computer-
Processor : 2x Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T9500 @ 2.60GHz
Memory : 3980MB (494MB used)
Machine Type : Physical machine
Operating System : Puppy Linux
User Name : root (root)
Date/Time : Sat Feb 9 08:05:26 2019
-Display-
Resolution : 1680x1050 pixels
OpenGL Renderer : Gallium 0.4 on NV86
X11 Vendor : The X.Org Foundation
-Audio Devices-
Audio Adapter : HDA-Intel - HDA Intel
Audio Adapter : PC-Speaker - pcsp
-Input Devices-
Lid Switch
Sleep Button
Power Button
Video Bus
AT Translated Set 2 keyboard
SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad
TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint
ThinkPad Extra Buttons
HDA Intel Mic
HDA Intel Dock Mic
HDA Intel Headphone
PC Speaker
-Printers (CUPS)-
CUPS-PDF : <i>Default</i>
-SCSI Disks-
ATA Samsung SSD 860
MATSHITA DVD-RAM UJ-852

Every time I go into street view in Google Maps the system first seizes up and then a few seconds later crashes.

I assume I am running out of memory. Short of getting more, is there anything to be done?

Thanks

[Flash]

4 GB of RAM should be more than enough for Google Maps' Street View. You'll need to do more testing to get to the bottom of this problem.

[perdido]

How is Xenial installed, frugal or full?
Does the computer have a version of windows, which version?


Which version of streetview? (version number)
Where did you get it (downloaded from?)
How did you install it? (is it a sfs, pet, deb?) PPM install?

Did this version of streetview ever run correctly or has it always crashed?

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[8Geee]

Google maps in 'street-view' is a Google-Earth type of thing. VERY resource intensive. Its not the ram as much as CPU/video.

FWIW Slacko5.7 and a netbook gives limited use... it clogs up after a bit of use.

Regards
8Geee

[bigpup]

Network Speed: 768 Kbits/sec or greater.
Got that for Internet connection speed?

[olddog]

Sorry for the late reply. I have been nursing a nasty cold.

I have an up to date frugal install, and I was using street view in Google Maps within a recent install of Firefox.

Puppy is the only OS on the machine.

I don't use Street View a lot, but I have never had it crash a computer before. There again, I have never used it within Firefox before.

The 61P is relatively new (to me), but this is the first problem I have encountered while using it. The drive is a new Samsung Evo, and there is plenty of room on the "disk".

Internet speed is as much as I can get (fibre-optic), though there have been a few service interruptions recently. Don't know why or whether that could cause a crash though.

The BIOS is the famous Middleton, which allows me to use a faster chip. The machine is used almost purely for web browsing and email. Both fans work well and the machine never overheats.

[bigpup]

xenialpup64 7.5 has Pale Moon browser.

Try using it to run Google Map.

This could just be a buggy Firefox version.

[olddog]

Good idea. I shall see if I get the same result in other browsers.