[Bug 497502] [NEW] Firefox occasionally kills X display

[Larry Pearson]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: firefox-3.0

I observed this problem more frequently before my video driver was
updated a month or two ago.  It has only happened twice since the
update.  I don't recall the circumstances of the previous incidence
other than that I clicked something in firefox and the screen went dark.
I checked the log files, but didn't find anything relevant.  This time I
was reading a Newegg.com ad

     http://promotions.newegg.com/NEemail/Dec-0-2009/HolidaySale15
/index-landing.html?nm_mc=EMC-IGNEFL121509&cm_mmc=EMC-
IGNEFL121509-_-email-_-E0-_-PromoWord

Then I right clicked on an image of "LG W2286L Black 22" 2ms HDMI" and
clicked to open in a new tab.  The entire screen went dark and I
couldn't tell whether the system was responding to the keyboard or not.
I had to reboot.

The URL for the LG monitor is
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824005133&nm_mc
=EMC-IGNEFL121509&cm_mmc=EMC-
IGNEFL121509-_-MonitorsLCDFlatPanel-_-LP2A-_-24005133

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Package: firefox-3.0 3.0.15+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.1
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox-3.0
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-17-generic x86_64

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


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug

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Firefox occasionally kills X display
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