[K12OSN] firefox problem

[Todd O'Bryan]

This sounds like the out of memory problem in Firefox and OpenOffice
that Jim Kronebusch was trying to run down a month or two ago. In a
nutshell, the problem is that Firefox and OpenOffice try to cache
image files in the XServer memory, which is a great idea unless the
XServer is running on a thin client without a lot of memory. When the
XServer runs out of memory, the client program crashes. I've seen it
happen *a lot* with both Firefox and Presenter.

Todd

On Dec 7, 2007 10:46 AM, Kemp, Levi <lnkemp at bolivar.k12.mo.us> wrote:
> Brandon,
>
>  After they crash can you open them again? Or does it tell you there is already an instance of Firefox running and you must close it before opening another? I have had that same issue occur with K12LTSP6 32bit as well, but I assumed I had messed something up. Plus it isn't common enough for me to worry about, or isn't reported enough. I realize this isn't helpful info, but I wanted to see if I was in the same boat.
>
> Levi Kemp
> Technology Specialist
> Bolivar R-1 Schools
> 417-328-8943
> lnkemp at bolivar.k12.mo.us
>
> "The only secure computer is one that's unplugged, locked in a safe, and buried 20 feet under the ground in a secret location... and I'm not even too sure about that one"
>
>                 --Dennis Hughes, FBI
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: k12osn-bounces at redhat.com on behalf of Brandon Kovach
> Sent: Fri 12/7/2007 9:24 AM
> To: k12osn at redhat.com
> Subject: [K12OSN] firefox problem
>
> Hello All,
>
> I am having trouble with our server.  It's a brand new IBM X server, and
> it worked fine last quarter with the 64 bit version of k12 6.0.  However,
> flash didn't behave as well as I wanted, so I decided (poory, I admit) to
> revert to the 32 bit OS.  In doing so, now I have all kinds of memory
> problems.  I think memory problems.
>
> Firefox crashes, seemingly at random.  I have reports of OO Presenter
> crashing at random as well, though I haven't been able to reproduce it.
>
> When these apps fail, they don't produce any sort of error message, they
> just spontenously quit.
>
> Any help?
>
> BK
>
> --
> Brandon Kovach
> Logan-Rogersville R-8 Schools
> Technology Director
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