[Bug 210079] Re: firefox 3 freezes at start and on menu click or typing

[Alexander Sack]

DarkStar wrote:
> I have similar problems. I have a bunch of tabs open as well as 4 to 6
> firefox windows open with 14 or more tabs open in each firefox. This
> machine worked perfectly with Ubuntu 8.04 and Firefox 3.0.4 and I never
> had any problems except for firefox just closing all windows after it
> had run for 5 or 6 days. I would just restart firefox and restore the
> session. However since I updated to Ubuntu 8.10, same machine, same
> hardware memory etc. Firefox locks up and you cannot do anything but
> 'killall -I firefox' and then restart it. But worse yet is that after
> firefox is running for more than 10 or so hours it starts to slow down
> and then again the only way to fix it is to killall. I have checked
> other applications and they all work and are unaffected, this only seems
> to happen with firefox. I do find it strange that it is so much worse in
> Ubuntu 8.10. Any ideas?
>
>   
Do you see high IO when firefox is in such a lock-up state? does firefox
come back when you wait a few minutes?

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firefox 3 freezes at start and on menu click or typing
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