Question about firefox
David N. Lombard
dnl at speakeasy.net
Fri Oct 16 19:50:38 UTC 2009
Rashkae wrote:
> 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.
My Firefox does just fine w/ flash everywhere else I can think of--so,
it's not just lack of flash support.
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David N. Lombard
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