[Bug 120679] Re: RSS feed in firefox freezes the progran

[Tw Moran]

  I am on dial up so things run slow. I have been updating at least once 
a week. Everything has run perfectly. I was ready to upgrade to Ubuntu 
7.04 but on dial up would have taken almost two days. On long down 
loads, my server some times drops the connection.
   I sent for and received the new Ubuntu disk and began to do an 
install. Following the instructions. But it kept saying that if I 
proceeded I would wipe out may date: So I quit the install. It is from 
that install abort that problems began. I can not get updates on 
anything. I get an error massage saying that I can't get an 
authorization lock.
   Firefox has be come slow and jerky in any use. When opening tabs in 
RSS feed the program will seize up at some number of tabs. The number 
varies each time I try to use it. Some times I can have 5 tabs, other 
times it locks during the loading of the first tab.
   I am not a computer person, let alone UNIX. I have a good friend in 
New Hampshire who is my supper user. I am in western NY. So I have very 
limited knowledge as to how to trouble shoot my boxes. I have one older 
box with just UNIX, that serves as my gateway/networking and this box as 
a desktop. I use an external modem so I can see when a program is or is 
not trying to access the net.
   When Firefox freezes: the down load indicator bar is showing an 
incomplete down load of the RSS page. But the modem shows no attempt to 
transmit or receive data.
   As long as I don't use the RSS function, I can use Firefox fully. So 
far it is only the RSS feeds that lock up the computer.
   The curser will show the animation of the spinning dots. As long as 
it is in that mode, I am completely frozen out. When it drops back to 
the normal curser I can exit the program: But nothing on the screen will 
respond to the curser movement or any button click.
   It will however seem to save some of the mouse clicks: as when the 
animation quits, and I have only a partial freeze, the last mouse click 
will be carried out.
   It is weird, You would have to see it. I would let you into the box 
like my super user can, but the slop pipe makes it really a painful 
experience.
   I am suppose to get a DSL in a week, At that time I will try to do 
the 7.04 upgrade on line rather then from the install disk. It would 
have been nice if you had offered a choice of two disks, one for a total 
install and one for upgrade.

	Sincerely yours
		Tw Moran


Hilario J. Montoliu (hjmf) wrote:
> Thank you Tw Moran for your report,
> 
> Can you indicate some examples that cause this behavior, to check if
> this issue is reproducible.
> 
> ** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu)
>    Importance: Undecided => Medium
>      Assignee: (unassigned) => Mozilla Bugs
>        Status: Unconfirmed => Needs Info
>

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RSS feed in firefox freezes the progran
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