Hardy freezes with Firefox Dell X200

[Alex Janssen]

bbbb said the following on 04/27/2008 02:25 PM:
> Fresh install of Hardy. Firefox 3.0b5 all Ubuntu updates.
> Dell X200 Laptop. 512 ram, latest BIOS
> I am trying to get Hardy to be stable to take this small laptop on a 
> trip but at this point it is unreliable.
> The laptop freezes. The screen is there but the mouse pointer frozen and 
> the only button that works is the off switch.
> It seems to happen only when Firefox is running. I left it on all night 
> with Thunderbird running and had no problems
> this morning. When I started using Firefox the problem came back. Once 
> while searching a website in Firefox, once
> while trying to add a printer. Once while trying to print from Firefox. 
> Each time required a restart.
>   Other than being a little slow, 800mhz, it seems to be working fine 
> until it locks up.
> I just installed Opera and have been using it for about an hour with no 
> lockup but would prefer Firefox.
>
> Where do I start?
> Thanks,
> Bradley
>   
Wipe out Firefox and reinstall it is what I'd try first.  If the problem 
persists, try an older version of FF.  Could be one of your plugins.

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