Question about firefox

[Chris G]

On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 03:23:03PM -0400, 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.
> 
http://www.picnik.com/ seems to work fine for me (Firefox 3.0.14) so
it's not Firefox specifically I don't think.


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Chris Green