Firefox issues

[pete smout]

On 17/08/13 11:34, pete smout wrote:
> 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
> 
> 
Thanks Colin,
It seems that foxyproxy was causing the issue so I have disabled it for
now and will try different settings and see if I can get it to work! if
not then back to 'stealthy' with all the problems that comes with!!

Thanks again it had not even crossed my mind that the addons could be
the problem, particularly as they are all 'official' from mozilla (apart
from ghostery which was recommended on  this list, and probably the most
useful of the lot!!)

Pete