firefox hangs when clicking on certain links

[James Abley]

Binary package hint: firefox

Ubuntu 7.10 with Firefox 2.0.0.13

http://www.if.com/toolsandcalculators/offsetcalculator.aspx

Clicking on the 'Try our offset calculator' link in the middle of the page causes Firefox to hang and need killing and restarting to do anything with it.

The offending markup:

<a href=\"javascript:void(0);\" title=\"Link opens in a popup window - Try our offset calculator\" onclick=\"popup=window.open('/toolsandcalculators/offsetcalcpopup.aspx', 'popUp', 'width=1011, height=708, scrollbars=yes, location=no, menubars=no, toolbar=no, resizable=no');\">Try our offset calculator</a>

Which is produced via document.write()

However, I can view it fine using Firefox 2.0.0.13 on Windows Vista. A popup window opens and the content is displayed properly.

[Gert Kulyk (gkulyk)]

For me the mentioned link works in gutsy. It opens a window with a flash-animation, maybe flash is causing issues for you?

[James Abley (jabley)]

Thanks Gert,

Hmm, I'm listening to BBC Radio 1 at the same time, and seem to remember reading somewhere about Flash and sound system interaction problems.

I'll try to narrow it down.

[James Abley (jabley)]

jabley@python:~$ aptitude show firefox
Package: firefox
State: installed
Automatically installed: yes
Version: 2.0.0.13+1nobinonly-0ubuntu0.7.10
Priority: optional
Section: web
Maintainer: Alexander Sack <email address hidden>
Uncompressed Size: 26.7M
Depends: fontconfig, psmisc, debianutils (>= 1.16), libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.13.2), libc6 (>= 2.6-1), libcairo2 (>= 1.4.0), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.4.0), libfreetype6
         (>= 2.3.5), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.2.1), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.14.0), libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0), libhunspell-1.1-0 (>= 1.1.5-1), libjpeg62, libnspr4-0d (>=
         1.8.0.10), libnss3-0d (>= 1.8.0.10), libpango1.0-0 (>= 1.18.2), libstdc++6 (>= 4.2.1), libx11-6, libxcomposite1 (>= 1:0.3-1), libxcursor1 (> 1.1.2),
         libxdamage1 (>= 1:1.1), libxext6, libxfixes3 (>= 1:4.0.1), libxft2 (> 2.1.1), libxi6, libxinerama1, libxrandr2 (>= 2:1.2.0), libxrender1, libxt6,
         zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-1)
Recommends: ubufox
Suggests: firefox-gnome-support (= 2.0.0.13+1nobinonly-0ubuntu0.7.10), latex-xft-fonts
Conflicts: libnss3
Replaces: libnss3
Provides: www-browser
Description: lightweight web browser based on Mozilla
 Firefox is a redesign of the Mozilla browser component, similar to Galeon, K-Meleon and Camino, but written using the XUL user interface language and
 designed to be lightweight and cross-platform.

 This browser was previously known as Firebird and Phoenix.

jabley@python:~$ aptitude search flash
c flash-plugin - Adobe Flash Player 9.0
i flashplugin-nonfree - Adobe Flash Player plugin installer
p flashrom - Universal flash programming utility
p flashybrid - automates use of a flash disk as the root filesystem
p libflash-dev - GPL Flash (SWF) Library - development files
p libflash-mozplugin - GPL Flash (SWF) Library - Mozilla-compatible plugin
p libflash-swfplayer - GPL Flash (SWF) Library - stand-alone player
p libflash0c2 - GPL Flash (SWF) Library - shared library
p libroxen-flash2 - Flash2 module for the Roxen Challenger web server
p m16c-flash - Flash programmer for Renesas M16C and R8C microcontrollers
p mobile-basic-flash - Home applet for Hildon
p vrflash ...

[James Abley (jabley)]

jabley@python:~$ aptitude show flashplugin-nonfree
Package: flashplugin-nonfree
State: installed
Automatically installed: yes
Version: 9.0.48.0.2+really0ubuntu12.2
Priority: optional
Section: multiverse/web
Maintainer: Ubuntu MOTU Developers <email address hidden>
Uncompressed Size: 160k
Depends: debconf | debconf-2.0, wget, libgtk2.0-0, fontconfig, libxt6, libxext6, libatk1.0-0, libc6, libcairo2, libexpat1, libfontconfig1, libfreetype6,
         libglib2.0-0, libice6, libpango1.0-0, libpng12-0, libsm6, libx11-6, libxau6, libxcursor1, libxdmcp6, libxfixes3, libxi6, libxinerama1, libxrandr2,
         libxrender1, zlib1g
Suggests: firefox, konqueror-nsplugins, x-ttcidfont-conf, msttcorefonts, ttf-bitstream-vera | ttf-dejavu, ttf-xfree86-nonfree, xfs (>= 1:1.0.1-5)
Conflicts: flashplugin (< 6), xfs (< 1:1.0.1-5), flashplayer-mozilla
Replaces: flashplugin (< 6)
Description: Adobe Flash Player plugin installer
 This package will download the Flash Player from Adobe. It is a Netscape/Mozilla type plugin. Any browser based on Netscape or Mozilla can use the Flash
 plugin. This package currently supports the following browsers: Mozilla, Mozilla-Firefox, Firefox, Iceweasel, and Iceape. Also Galeon and Epiphany can use
 the Flash plugin. Konqueror can also use the Flash plugin if konqueror-nsplugins is installed.

 WARNING: Installing this Ubuntu package causes the Adobe flash plugin to be downloaded from www.adobe.com. The distribution license of the Adobe flash
 plugin is available at www.adobe.com. Installing this Ubuntu package implies that you have accepted the terms of that license.

 Homepage: http://wiki.ubuntu.com/FlashPlayer9

I get the same problem with this version of flash as well, but only when I'm listening to music (via BBC Radio 1 streaming, for example). So it appears to be a problem with opening flash content in Firefox, when the audio system is busy. I think I've definitely read a bug report about this elsewhere, so this can probably be considered a duplicate of that bug report.

[John Vivirito (gnomefreak)]

Changed to flash task as this is flash and sound server. we are working on flash 10 as well as pulse audio backports and when that is done it will fix this bug if pulseaudio is set to default or using libflashsupport (also will be backported)

[Joel Goguen (jgoguen)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue for you. Can you try with the latest Ubuntu release? Thanks in advance.

[Joel Goguen (jgoguen)]

We'd like to figure out what's causing this bug for you, but we haven't heard back from you in a while. Could you please provide the requested information? Thanks!

[Joel Goguen (jgoguen)]

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!