[SOLVED] Site locks up Firefox 13

[Colin Law]

On 10 June 2012 17:53, Jim Byrnes <jf_byrnes at comcast.net> wrote:
> On 06/10/2012 11:35 AM, Colin Law wrote:
>>
>> On 10 June 2012 17:20, Jim Byrnes <jf_byrnes at comcast.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> I allowed Firefox and Thunderbird to update from version 12 to 13.  This
>>> caused fonts on Thunderbird to sometimes be displayed too small.
>>>
>>> When googling to try to find a solution I came to this site:
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CIMBEKwCKAAwAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fforums.mozillazine.org%2Fviewtopic.php%3Ff%3D39%26t%3D2483621&ei=WsbUT_ygHoeq2gWssZW9Dw&usg=AFQjCNGLgeSc9mLRq_I8l-4VcEcVDfDyOQ&cad=rja
>>>
>>> Every time I click on that link it takes longer than usual to load,
>>> finally
>>> displays, after about 5 seconds the screen is overlayed with gray and the
>>> cpu goes to and stays between 96 & 100%.  Then I have to force quit
>>> Firefox.
>>>
>>> Some other links to mozillazine do the same.
>>>
>>> Running Ubuntu 10.04.  Wonder if anyone else is seeing this?
>>
>>
>> OK for me too on FF13, ubuntu 12.054 32 bit.  Do you see the same
>> thing if you logon as a different user?  Set up a test user if
>> necessary, or logon as the guest user.  That will tell you whether it
>> is a system problem or something to do with your user's settings.
>>
>> Colin
>>
>
>
> Colin,
>
> Not sure if you meant doing that on Ubuntu or Firefox, but I used a test
> profile on Firefox and the problem went away.  Turns out I had been
> experimenting with some GreaseMonkey scripts over the last couple of months.
>  Turning off GreaseMonkey fixed it so one of them is the cause.

I meant on Ubuntu, but your way was just as good as it turned out.
Try disabling any addons you have in Tbird to see if that fixes your
issues there.

>
> Thanks for the idea.

Glad to be of help

Colin