Yelp and Firefox cause desktop freeze in RC1
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Ubuntu |
Invalid
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Critical
|
Daniel Stone |
Bug Description
After browsing a random number of pages in either application the whole desktop
locks up. The pointer can still be moved around but that's about it. In Firefox,
some sites are more likely to cause the lockup, http://
very reliable in this respect. Turning the computer off with the power-button
(the one on the front off the case) works, and after a new boot everything runs
smoothly 'til I try some more browsing. Running other apps seems to work just
fine. The problem is new to me and occured right after upgrading.
I have un- and reinstalled both Yelp and Firefox, being careful to reinstall all
the packages (I think Ubuntu desktop is one of them) that Synaptic automatically
uninstalls together with Yelp, but to no avail.
I have an Intel P4 CPU and use the i686 kernel. The only packages not in the
Ubuntu repositories that I have installed are printer drivers for canon i850
(converted from .rpm using alien) and the gstreamer lame-encoder. My system is
up-to-date except for gstreamer and openoffice, which I have locked to earlier
versions.
is the desktop only frozen ? Can you switch to a console with ctrl-alt-F2 ? is
your cursor a normal one ?