[Bug 299420] [NEW] firefox and the entire system hungs when i select a word or phrase in the browser

[jdelima]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: firefox-3.0

ubuntu 8.10
gnome 2.24.1. /kernel 2.6.27-8-generic (#1 SMP Thu Nov 6 17:33:54 UTC 2008)

when i select a word or phrase in an open browser file a menu bar with
several weblinks (google, yahoo, etc) appears and the entire system
simply hungs and i'm unable to remove or exit from the menu bar or the
current window/ webpage.  it becomes impossible to navigate to other
windows or other applications.

in this case i've had to reset the computer to be able to get back to
work.

is this a bug in firefox?

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: firefox-3.0 3.0.4+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.10.1
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox-3.0
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-8-generic i686

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


** Tags: apport-bug

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firefox  and the entire system hungs when i select a word or phrase in the browser
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