[Bug 362107] Re: [Jaunty] Firefox causes system hang on large pages
Tim T.
tim.timmerman at gmail.com
Mon Jul 13 19:25:13 UTC 2009
Did some research over the weekend.
Turning off the nvidia drivers seems to eliminate the problem; haven't
had a hang in the past 48 hours.
Haven't tried the 3.5 or 3.6 with the nvidia drivers yet. Will give it
a try as soon as I get some time
On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 10:11, Tim T.<tim.timmerman at gmail.com> wrote:
> Currently around 15 miles away from the offending machine, but:
> - nvidia drivers are from fresh, up to date jaunty install.
> I'll try removing the accellerated drivers tonight, see if there is
> any difference.
>
>
> - Problem occurs with:
> - google reader especially for large feeds (e.g. the digg or reddit
> latest feeds).
> - zorkonline.com (During a battle events are gradually revealed,
> this can take a long time.)
>
> - always happens if I use the scroll wheel to scroll down
> I've also had this happen on a normal forum
>
> I think we'd better move away from the term crash; it's a system
> lockup. The system stops responding to any keyboard input, and will
> not event toggle the CapsLock light.
> -> haven't tried connecting over the network yet; I'll try that
> tonight (if the lockup happens again.)
>
> Thanks for your input!
>
> TimT.
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 09:50, Micah
> Gersten<launchpad at micahscomputing.com> wrote:
>> @Tim T.
>> Could you please try:
>> making sure your nvidia drivers are at the latest revision
>> and/or try the open source nvidia drivers
>>
>> Is it always the same site that crashes?
>> Can you reproduce it every time?
>>
>> ** Changed in: firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu)
>> Status: Invalid => Incomplete
>>
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>> [Jaunty] Firefox causes system hang on large pages
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/362107
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