[Bug 117078] Firefox freezing Ubuntu forcing reboot

[davidpbrown]

Public bug reported:

I've just had Firefox freezing Ubuntu x10 in a row! The whole system
locks up and is unresponsive.. mouse cursor is frozen and keyboard
unresponsive.. I guess the windows manager crashes.

I've seen other more specific bug reports but I can't relate to them.
The only unique thing I have here is AMD64 and maybe that I click links
before pages are fully loaded.

There's no obvious consistency is the cause or timing.. though it's
always just as a link is clicked. Twice was at gnome-look.org
wallpapers, resorting by most downloaded but this has happened often on
other sites.. rebooting and returning in the same way to the same page
doesn't freeze up. This last hour the most frequently by far. Last time
was clicking the registration link from the email from this site..
almost put me off.

I'm new to Linux so don't know the best way to capture useful data on
this. Java not running, Javascript is enabled and certainly the sites it
happens on are the type to use it and the links that cause it may well
be javascripted (guess).

Serious bug.. I'll look for another browser till it's fixed..

** Affects: firefox (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Unconfirmed

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Firefox freezing Ubuntu forcing reboot
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