Just about driven to pull my hair out with Firefox

[Basil Chupin]

On 21/09/2010 12:28, Anthony Papillion wrote:
> > Then why didn't to you come back and report that in the original thread:
> > http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ubuntu.user/220005
>
> Probably because I assumed nobody would read a 4 month old thread in 
> which I had already said the problem was solved (though it 
> remanifested). My apologies for the oversight and wasting the lists 
> time with a double post.
>
> > Have you tested with other browsers (yes there are others) to see if the
> > problem exists in those as well?
>
> Yes, I am aware that there are other browsers and I've tried a few 
> others with the same result (which I said in my previous reply in this 
> thread). That's why I'd finally accepted it as an IPv6 issue since it 
> was present in multiple browsers and not just in Firefox.Â
>
> > Posting "Firefox simply stalling on random websites" does nothing.
> > Unless you can point someone to a URL that fails, provide details of
> > your FF extensions, tell us what launchpad bugs you've checked and
> > suspect, etc., etc., you'll be better off here:
> > http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/
> > http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Other+Firefox+support
>
> Well, the problem is that Firefox was stalling on *random* sites at 
> *random* times so providing a URL to a site would be kind of 
> pointless. For example, it stalled on Facebook a few times, then 
> loaded it fine. It stalled on GMail a few times with intermittent 
> successes between the fails. It stalled on Slashdot. As I think I said 
> in my post last night, there wasn't any rhyme or reason to the stalls 
> and they were completely random.
>
> As to checking out Launchpad, I did and I also spent quite a bit of 
> time with all of our best friend Google. Everything points to 'it's an 
> IPv6 problem' and I took it as such. But implementing the widely 
> recommended fix didn't actually fix it and I reached a dead end so I 
> came here. Â I didn't go to the Mozilla support center which was my 
> mistake. Â Again, my apologies for offending the list.
>
> Thank you all for your time. It's appreciated. Â Now. I'll go do more 
> research and hopefully find a solution. If not, well, that could mean 
> the end of Ubuntu for me since NO browser seems to work. Shame too as 
> I really love the OS.
>
> Anthony

I am interested in this situation of yours - for quite a different 
reason (possibly associated with another thread I have ongoing).

You haven't yet mentioned:

what are you using - a desktop or a laptop and what is the system: 
32-bit or 64-bit?;

what is your CPU and how much RAM do you have?;

are you using the Ubuntu supplied Firefox, and upgrading it using Update 
Manager or using apt-get in a terminal, or are you using Firefox from 
Mozilla and therefore installing it yourself?;

which Addons do you have installed - Extensions, Theme, and Plugins?;

have you tried to Clear the Cache either manually (ie, simply delete it- 
it will rebuild on the next startup of FF) or via the 
Edit>Preferences>Privacy>Settings?

Would appreciate a response because, as I stated, it may help with 
another thread I have ongoing.  Thanks.

BC

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I didn't know it was impossible when I did it.