[Bug 229425] [NEW] Can't quit Firefox or shutdown computer

[shanen (Shannon Jacobs)]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: firefox

Running Hardy on two machines, and both of them are showing problems
around Firefox. On one machine the problems are clearly related to
JavaScript, but I'm not sure about the second one. I feel like the
unresponsive JavaScript warning is the less severe problem, though it
happens quite frequently. I think that the pages that cause it are
usually pages that use extra JavaScript, such as Gmail or /. or a Flash
object. The warning asks if I want to halt the script or let it
continue, and I normally just let it continue and it eventually goes
away and the page seems to have it's normal or expected appearance.

The more serious problem is on a newer and larger machine. It rarely
gives that JavaScript warning, but when I try to quit Firefox, it always
seems to leave one last Firefox window behind. That window is unusually
resistant to termination, and will even prevent the computer from
shutting down. A couple of times I've had to hit the power button to
kill the universe.

No direct connection between those two machines, but I'm using Foxmarks
on both of them, and I have a rather large number of bookmarks in the
sync file. I have a couple of other machines waiting for the Hardy
upgrade, but I'm not in a hurry while these first two are giving me so
many problems...

The release data is just Ubuntu 8.04 and the system is up to date,
including Firefox 3 Beta 5.

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

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Can't quit Firefox or shutdown computer
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/229425
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