[Bug 566412] [NEW] Autoscroll in Firefox can freeze these at once: Firefox, keyboard, mouse, and possibly other things

[Aaron Michael Marsh]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: firefox

Release information:
Description:	Ubuntu lucid (development branch)
Release:	10.04 (beta 2)

Package Version:
firefox:
  Installed: 3.6.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu3
  Candidate: 3.6.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu3
  Version table:
 *** 3.6.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu3 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

flash-nonfree is installed; however, the pages which were freezing did
not have Flash applications on them.

What I expected to happen:
Variable-Speed scrolling through a web page, speed depending on the distance of the cursor from the "mark" that's left after middle-clicking on the page.

What happened instead:
Slow scrolling through a web page; browser frozen; mouse clicking (despite being able to move the cursor around) and keyboard being unresponsive throughout the operating system... until the browser reaches the top or the bottom of the page, depending on which side I was scrolling to.

Comment:
I'm sorry to say that I can't seem to reproduce this bug on purpose; however it has happened on at least 3 occasions today alone (the day on which I installed the Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Linx beta 2).

Bug seems to be similar or same to Bug #470671; however, this is a
different version of Ubuntu and Firefox altogether, so I saw fit to file
it despite it.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: firefox 3.6.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Apr 18 23:47:02 2010
FirefoxPackages:
 firefox 3.6.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu3
 firefox-gnome-support 3.6.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu3
 firefox-branding 3.6.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu3
 abroswer N/A
 abrowser-branding N/A
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Beta amd64 (20100406.1)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox

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


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug autoscroll firefox freeze frozen lucid

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Autoscroll in Firefox can freeze these at once: Firefox, keyboard, mouse, and possibly other things
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