[K12OSN] Firefox crashes

Nadav Kavalerchik nadavkav at gmail.com
Fri May 11 08:42:44 UTC 2007


one of them do...
http://www.abcteach.com/

the other... (no flash)
http://inpics.net/writer2.html

On 5/11/07, Almquist Burke <balmquist at mindfirestudios.com> wrote:
>
> Just curious, does the site use flash??
>
> On May 10, 2007, at 1:52 PM, Michael Blinn wrote:
>
> > Well crap. I suppose that means my upgrade to FC6 planned for
> > tomorrow is not going to solve my problems then.
> > -Michael
> >
> > Nadav Kavalerchik wrote:
> >> i just found out that i have this issue too :-( on a new old
> >> machine we just got from a junkyard.
> >> we use fc6 + ltsp 4.2 on the server. and the terminal has a i810
> >> video card + 1M ram amongst other hardware.
> >>
> >> it crashes the X on clicking a specific site. thou right-click and
> >> open in a new window does not crash the firefox (ver 2.0.0.3+)
> >> also, opening the same site with Opera works fine (which is our
> >> main browser on a kde session)
> >>
> >> i'll try setting the video card driver manually to svga and see
> >> what happens... (tomorrow)
> >>
> >> On 5/4/07, James P. Kinney III <jkinney at localnetsolutions.com>
> >> wrote: On Thu, 2007-05-03 at 16:40 -0400, Michael Blinn wrote:
> >> > Disabling JavaScript makes everything work. The Bummer is that
> >> the LAMP
> >> > database I wrote for our staff uses quite a bit of JavaScript, so I
> >> > can't turn it off for everyone. I think test #2309385 will be to
> >> update
> >> > to v6, which (I think) has a newer xorg, gnome and metacity, and
> >> see if
> >> > it still happens.. at least now we know the root cause.
> >>
> >> Unless that site is a requirement, just block it at the server using
> >> squidguard. Then you can leave javascript on.
> >> >
> >> > (By the way, when you say 'let them know', do you mean filing a
> >> bugzilla
> >> > report?)
> >>
> >> Yes. File a bugzilla report. Since it is repeatable on your
> >> chipset and
> >> it is a very common chipset, let the firefox devs know.
> >> >
> >> > Thank you James & Jim for your help in whittling this down. I'll
> >> keep
> >> > you posted.
> >> >
> >> > Cheers,
> >> >  Michael
> >> >
> >> > James P. Kinney III wrote:
> >> > > THAT is interesting! So the browser is crashing the display
> >> manager
> >> > > during a nasty load in of javascript.
> >> > >
> >> > > Test #2309384 :)
> >> > >
> >> > > Open firefox, disable javascript and try it again. If it
> >> doesn't crash,
> >> > > it's a javascript bug in firefox. Let them know the version
> >> and link for
> >> > > the crash.
> >> > >
> >> > > Note: many site have lousy javascript that cause many
> >> problems. The real
> >> > > bug is on their end.
> >> >
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