Re: LUG: Firefox crashes in Lucid Lynx ? - Sat, 22 May 2010 15:15:10 -0400

Subject : Re: LUG: Firefox crashes in Lucid Lynx ?

From : Adam Guthrie <ispiked@gmail.[redacted]>

Date : Sat, 22 May 2010 15:15:10 -0400

More specifically, one of your extensions could be causing you to
crash. There are easier ways to troubleshoot this than moving your
profile: http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes.

On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 3:03 PM, Edward Anderson <nilbus@nilbus.[redacted]> wrote:
> often these types of bugs are because of something that got messed up in
> your profile. You can narrow that down by moving your profile in
> ~/.mozilla/firefox/ to another location temporarily to see if that fixes the
> problem
>
> On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 2:43 PM, Kevin Hunter <hunteke@earlham.[redacted]> wrote:
>>
>> At 2:26pm -0400 Sat, 22 May 2010, Syed Fahd wrote:
>>>
>>> Has anybody else had FIrefox (or other builds of it) crash when
>>> 1 tab is closed in Lucid? This didn't occur in Karmic.
>>
>> If it crashes, you've found a bug in Firefox. �No matter who's fault it
>> is, Firefox is crashing, so, by definition, Firefox has the bug.
>>
>> Is it 100% recreateable? �With a simple test case? �If so, you may be able
>> to find a report on launchpad about it, likely with some pointers about how
>> to workaround the issue. �If not, create one!
>>
>> What version of Ubuntu are you running? �32 bit or 64 bit? �I ask because
>> I can attribute most of my Firefox crashes to Flash not playing nice in a
>> 64-bit environment.
>>
>> Finally, though it doesn't answer your question, you might want to take a
>> look at chromium-browser in the repos. �(It's the open-source project behind
>> Google's Chrome.) �I just started using it two weeks ago and am very
>> impressed. �It is *fast*, and, because each tab is its own process, I
>> haven't experienced any of that multi-second lag that plagues Firefox.
>> �Also, thanks to each tab contained in its own sandbox, when Flash flakes
>> out, I lose just that tab. �No others. �Of course, the downside is that the
>> plugins aren't nearly as complete as Firefox's.
>>
>> So, to actually answer your question: No. I haven't experienced any more
>> crashing than was normal for Karmic.
>>
>> Kevin
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