[Bug 888553] [NEW] running firefox sometimes trashes touchpad

[David Ronis]

Public bug reported:

After a recent update on my gateway netbook (I run update manager at
least daily) running firefox and going to certain sites (e.g.,
foxnews.com) results in the touchpad no longer responding.   Exiting
firefox doesn't help, nor does turning the touchpad on and off (via one
of the function keys).  The only "fix" has been to reboot.

I'm running ubuntu-11.10 and firefox-7.0.1+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu2

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: firefox 7.0.1+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-13.22-generic 3.0.6
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-13-generic i686
AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
AplayDevices:
 **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC272X Analog [ALC272X Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: i386
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC272X Analog [ALC272X Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0:  ronis      1983 F.... pulseaudio
BuildID: 20111008085056
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0x58200000 irq 45'
   Mixer name	: 'Realtek ALC272X'
   Components	: 'HDA:10ec0272,1025034a,00100001'
   Controls      : 17
   Simple ctrls  : 10
Channel: release
Date: Thu Nov 10 08:35:26 2011
ForcedLayersAccel: False
IfupdownConfig:
 auto lo
 iface lo inet loopback
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Netbook 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429.4)
IpRoute:
 default via 192.168.2.1 dev wlan0  proto static 
 169.254.0.0/16 dev wlan0  scope link  metric 1000 
 192.168.2.0/24 dev wlan0  proto kernel  scope link  src 192.168.2.13  metric 2
IwConfig: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
ProcEnviron:
 LC_TIME=en_US
 LANGUAGE=en
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=7.0.1/20111008085056
RfKill: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
RunningIncompatibleAddons: False
SourcePackage: firefox
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-24 (16 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 12/15/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: Acer
dmi.bios.version: V1.10
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: LT21
dmi.board.vendor: Acer
dmi.board.version: V1.10
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer
dmi.chassis.version: V1.10
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAcer:bvrV1.10:bd12/15/2009:svnGateway:pnLT21:pvrV1.10:rvnAcer:rnLT21:rvrV1.10:cvnAcer:ct10:cvrV1.10:
dmi.product.name: LT21
dmi.product.version: V1.10
dmi.sys.vendor: Gateway

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


** Tags: apport-bug i386 oneiric ubuntu-une

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