Firefox issues

[pete smout]

On 17/08/13 11:14, Colin Law wrote:
> On 17 August 2013 10:54, pete smout <psmouty at live.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am experiencing random freezing of Firefox on my laptop! The window
>> 'greys out' and stops responding, whilst the rest of the GUI remains
>> useable. This happens at random times on no particular site, with just 1
>> tab open or 3 or 4 makes no difference, the only way to solve it is to
>> restart ff (force quit needed).
>>
>> Firefox version 23.0
>> Ubuntu 13.04 (fully updated) (no proposed updates since mysql error)
>> Unity GUI
> 
> Try disabling all add-ons (Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) and see if
> that fixes it.  If it does then re-enable them until you find the
> culprit.
> 
> You could also try it when logged in as a different user (create a
> test user if necessary, it is useful for this sort of situation).
> That will tell you whether it is a user settings issue or a system
> wide issue.
> 
> Colin
> 
Hi,

I have a test user on this machine and the same problem persists, I have
not tried disabling addons yet, will give that a go and see what
happens! (I have recently added ghostery & foxyproxy so will disable
them first and see what happens)

Thanks for the prompt reply

Pete