[Bug 722564] Re: Firefox freezes Ubuntu when page with large image is loaded

[marcio melendez Melendez]

Hi, 
I recently updated my Inspiron 1720  from opensuse to Ubuntu 10.10 and I found exactly the same problem.  I was using gmail when I tried to open a very large image and the whole computer freezes. I have been using linux for a long time and is the first time that I see something like this. Because of the extension of the crash, that I had to reset my computer,  I am assuming that its not really Firefox but something to do with the kernel, as this just happens when there is a kernel panic. There are a couple of things that I think could be the cause of this problem, 1) the video card drivers and/or 2) the kernel version, most likely, the problem is the nvidia drivers. This problem also happens when I tried to make the first update after the installation. I will try to 1) update the drivers, and 2) update to a newer kernel. I don't want to update to 11.04 because the wireless doesn't work on 11.04 but if the computer stops from freezing I'll update to 11.04 and work my way around to make the wireless card to work.

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