Firefox issues

[pete smout]

On 17/08/13 15:11, Jim Byrnes wrote:
> On 08/17/2013 04:54 AM, pete smout 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
>>
>> System specs:
>>
>> Acer Aspire 5720 laptop
>>
>> Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     T5250  @ 1.50GHz
>> Frequency 1000.000 MHz
>> Cache 2048 KB
>> 3021 MiB RAM
>> Intel graphics chip (as came with machine)
>>
>> Note to try and debug this I am now running ff from terminal when I want
>> to use it, but as stated earlier it happens at random times (last time
>> when I forgot to run from terminal doh)
>>
>> If anyone has any ideas, I have removed and reinstalled ff twice now,
>> same thing happens.
>>
>> I will post any interesting output from terminal as a followup to this
>> message if I get any!
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Peter Smout
>>
>>
> 
> I see this occasionally also, but in my case it usually "corrects"
> itself if I wait long enough.  I think it may be javascript related
> because a dialog pops up with a reference to a script misbehaving. When
> I select the option to kill the script all returns to normal.
> 
> Regards,  Jim
> 
> 
Hi,
I have found the hardest addon to 'train' is noscript but it's well
worth it! Ghostery i've found needs very little training (initial config
yes), when it blocks a video or similar I get a little 'ghost' in the
centre of flashplayer or image and it will inform me exactly who or what
it needs to let in and give me the choice of weather to let them in (or
not)! Linux is all about choice and at last between noscript and
ghostery iv'e the choice i want when it comes to surfing aswell!!!!
Now if only we can get the government to stop censoring the web for our
own saftey!
Regards

Pete