[Bug 225837] [NEW] FIREFOX 3 BETA 5 LOCKS UP MY COMPUTER

[Larry Martin]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: firefox-3.0

FIREFOX 3 BETA 5 keeps locking up MY ENTIRE DAMM COMPUTER.  No matter
what websites I am I on, no matter if I click a URL link w/in a webpage
OR type in manually a new webpage, IT LOCKS UP MY UP ENTIRE PC.   This
has happened numerous times.

It usually locks up just after the pointer changes to the round,
spinning ("loading webpage") icon.

 I have Ubuntu 8.04 w/ALL THE UPDATES installed.  This sort of thing USE
TO (not) HAPPEN!!!

 What is going on Mozilla Organization?

I have a Sempron 2400+ PC w/a ATI Radeon 9600XT 256 MB video card.

I am sick and tired of this I am going uninstall the FireFox 3 Beta 5
and downgrade to a PREVIOUS version of Firefox or switch to Opera.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri May  2 13:11:03 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Package: firefox-3.0 3.0~b5+nobinonly-0ubuntu3
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox-3.0
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-16-generic i686

** Affects: firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug

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FIREFOX 3 BETA 5 LOCKS UP MY COMPUTER
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