Firefox crash

[Scott Pearson]

Wong Kwok-hon wrote:

>On 4/19/05, Rodrigo <corrupted at spymac.com> wrote:
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>>Some people have more problems with the latest version of Java, some
>>people not, it occurs randomly and usually when it is more disturbing,
>>nobody know certainly what happens... well, I don't know why this is
>>named Computer "Science". ;-)
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>>Bye
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>>El lun, 18-04-2005 a las 22:54 -0500, Scott Pearson escribió:
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>>>pdcoleman wrote:
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>>>>I too have had random crashes of Firefox on two different hardware platforms. It appears to be random as no particular site or sequence seems to trigger it. The frequency is low and may not be reported as a problem. This does make troubleshooting a bitch. It is disturbing it exits without a clue.
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>>>There is one site for me that makes it occur more often than any other
>>>place, and that is www.jigzone.com, which uses a java applet to create
>>>online jigsaw puzzles.   Problems did not start appearing there for me
>>>until I upgraded to Java 1.5 JRE.   I remember that my son has problems
>>>with it at a game site that uses java heavily for its online game.   The
>>>problems there either locked up Firefox or caused it to crash with an
>>>error report, but not disappear without warning.  That was on WinXP.
>>>And he uses an ATI card.  No NVidia drivers.  But it does not happen at
>>>all sites using java applets.
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>>>My own impression is that it is related to either the java JRE or the
>>>java applets' programming in the web-page or to Firefox's handling of
>>>java.   The problems show up on different platforms and also on  ATI
>>>videocards means it is not Linux related nor is it related to nvidia
>>>video drivers.
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>Where can I get the jre_1_5_0_01 ? Because it is hang on jre 1.5.0-02
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>Wong Kwok Hon
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Go here  http://java.sun.com/products/archive/

Howeer, please remember that the JRE now has an automatic update 
feature, and you will need to turn that off if you don't want it 
upgraded again to the most current version.  And I don't remember how to 
do that right off hand, cuz I normally prefer my JRE to be updated,  so 
you'll have to go poking around  or ask someone else.  It's supposed to 
notify you, but I don't remember if that is an option or not.   I 
apologize for that.