[K12OSN] Firefox crashes

[Michael Blinn]

  In the ongoing saga of FireFox crashes, unfortunately this problem 
still exists in FC6 and FF 1.5.0.10. Now, opening only the front page of 
a javascript site like overstock.com will cause a 'xserver failed' crash.

If anyone can expand and add their own experiences, that would be great.

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=380869

-Michael

James P. Kinney III 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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