[Bug 208203] Re: firefox hangs when clicking on certain links

[James Abley]

jabley at python:~$ aptitude show firefox
Package: firefox
State: installed
Automatically installed: yes
Version: 2.0.0.13+1nobinonly-0ubuntu0.7.10
Priority: optional
Section: web
Maintainer: Alexander Sack <asac at ubuntu.com>
Uncompressed Size: 26.7M
Depends: fontconfig, psmisc, debianutils (>= 1.16), libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.13.2), libc6 (>= 2.6-1), libcairo2 (>= 1.4.0), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.4.0), libfreetype6
         (>= 2.3.5), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.2.1), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.14.0), libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0), libhunspell-1.1-0 (>= 1.1.5-1), libjpeg62, libnspr4-0d (>=
         1.8.0.10), libnss3-0d (>= 1.8.0.10), libpango1.0-0 (>= 1.18.2), libstdc++6 (>= 4.2.1), libx11-6, libxcomposite1 (>= 1:0.3-1), libxcursor1 (> 1.1.2),
         libxdamage1 (>= 1:1.1), libxext6, libxfixes3 (>= 1:4.0.1), libxft2 (> 2.1.1), libxi6, libxinerama1, libxrandr2 (>= 2:1.2.0), libxrender1, libxt6,
         zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-1)
Recommends: ubufox
Suggests: firefox-gnome-support (= 2.0.0.13+1nobinonly-0ubuntu0.7.10), latex-xft-fonts
Conflicts: libnss3
Replaces: libnss3
Provides: www-browser
Description: lightweight web browser based on Mozilla
 Firefox is a redesign of the Mozilla browser component, similar to Galeon, K-Meleon and Camino, but written using the XUL user interface language and
 designed to be lightweight and cross-platform. 
 
 This browser was previously known as Firebird and Phoenix.


jabley at python:~$ aptitude search flash
c   flash-plugin                                                           - Adobe Flash Player 9.0                                                          
i   flashplugin-nonfree                                                    - Adobe Flash Player plugin installer                                             
p   flashrom                                                               - Universal flash programming utility                                             
p   flashybrid                                                             - automates use of a flash disk as the root filesystem                            
p   libflash-dev                                                           - GPL Flash (SWF) Library - development files                                     
p   libflash-mozplugin                                                     - GPL Flash (SWF) Library - Mozilla-compatible plugin                             
p   libflash-swfplayer                                                     - GPL Flash (SWF) Library - stand-alone player                                    
p   libflash0c2                                                            - GPL Flash (SWF) Library - shared library                                        
p   libroxen-flash2                                                        - Flash2 module for the Roxen Challenger web server                               
p   m16c-flash                                                             - Flash programmer for Renesas M16C and R8C microcontrollers                      
p   mobile-basic-flash                                                     - Home applet for Hildon                                                          
p   vrflash                                                                - tool to flash kernels and romdisks to Agenda VR        

jabley at python:~$ aptitude show flash-plugin
No current or candidate version found for flash-plugin
Package: flash-plugin
New: yes
State: not installed
Version: 9.0.115.0-1
Priority: extra
Section: alien
Maintainer: James Abley <jabley at python>
Uncompressed Size: 8245k
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6-1), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.4.0), libfreetype6 (>= 2.3.5), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.14.0), libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0), libx11-6, libxext6, libxt6
Description: Adobe Flash Player 9.0
 Adobe Flash Plugin 9.0.115.0 Fully Supported: Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.0+, Firefox 1.5+, Mozilla 1.7.13+ 
 
 (Converted from a rpm package by alien version 8.68.)
jabley at python:~$ aptitude show flashplugin-nonfree
Package: flashplugin-nonfree
State: installed
Automatically installed: yes
Version: 9.0.115.0ubuntu2
Priority: optional
Section: contrib/web
Maintainer: Ubuntu MOTU Developers <ubuntu-motu at lists.ubuntu.com>
Uncompressed Size: 160k
Depends: debconf | debconf-2.0, wget, libgtk2.0-0, fontconfig, libxt6, libxext6, libatk1.0-0, libc6, libcairo2, libexpat1, libfontconfig1, libfreetype6,
         libglib2.0-0, libice6, libpango1.0-0, libpng12-0, libsm6, libx11-6, libxau6, libxcursor1, libxdmcp6, libxfixes3, libxi6, libxinerama1, libxrandr2,
         libxrender1, zlib1g
Suggests: firefox, konqueror-nsplugins, x-ttcidfont-conf, msttcorefonts, ttf-bitstream-vera | ttf-dejavu, ttf-xfree86-nonfree, xfs (>= 1:1.0.1-5)
Conflicts: flashplugin (< 6), xfs (< 1:1.0.1-5), flashplayer-mozilla
Replaces: flashplugin (< 6)
Description: Adobe Flash Player plugin installer
 This package will download the Flash Player from Adobe.  It is a Netscape/Mozilla type plugin.  Any browser based on Netscape or Mozilla can use the Flash
 plugin.  This package currently supports the following browsers: Mozilla, Mozilla-Firefox, Firefox, Iceweasel, and Iceape.  Also Galeon and Epiphany can use
 the Flash plugin.  Konqueror can also use the Flash plugin if konqueror-nsplugins is installed. 
 
 WARNING: Installing this Ubuntu package causes the Adobe flash plugin to be downloaded from www.adobe.com.  The distribution license of the Adobe flash
 plugin is available at www.adobe.com.  Installing this Ubuntu package implies that you have accepted the terms of that license. 
 
 Homepage: http://wiki.ubuntu.com/FlashPlayer9

I seem to remember having some problems installing flash when I
installed this system. I think that the md5sum of the archive had
changed, since Adobe had released a new version. So I had to use a
workaround when installing flash to support the BBC CBeebies site for
the kids. I presume this is what's causing me grief. I'll try
uninstalling flash and installing the current version to see what effect
this has.

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firefox hangs when clicking on certain links
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