Question about firefox

[Rashkae]

jerry wrote:
> I am running Kubuntu 8.04 and using firefox 3.0.14 and have a sometimes 
> intermittent problem with firefox. I have over 1 GB ram and a P4 cpu.
> It usually happens intermittently and repairs itself, but the only way 
> that I can reproduce the problem consistently is to go to the website 
> http://www.picnik.com/
> and try to upload a photo. The site says that it is compatible with 
> linux. When I upload a photo (actually a jpg that I use for a wallpaper) 
> it uploads the jpg and very soon firefox turn black and white and shades 
> of gray and locks up. I have to kill firefox, but all other programs are 
> not affected. I have tried to do it in firefox safe-mode (all addons 
> disabled) and the problem still occurs. I have pasted the end of dmesg 
> at the bottom of the post but it does not appear relevant to me.
> Appreciate any ideas about what is going on and how to correct it.
> Thanks

Nothing in dmesg to indicate a problem there.

The Firefox going black and White is actually an effect from the compiz
window manager to indicate a program that isn't responding.

As for that site, it uses Adobe Flash, and that's where I would guess
the problem you're currently having really lies.  Have you installed
Adobe flash player, or are you using the Open source ones that come with
 ubuntu by default?  If you don't have it yet, I would try installing
Adobe Flash player (sorry, not sure on the best way to do this for
current Ubuntu) and if still having problems with that particular site,
would further try comparing 32-bit Flash vs 64-bit Flash.

Either way, however, if you find a site that causes a non-open source
binary to lock up, you aren't likely to find much help with the issue.