FF 3 locks up every time a third session starts

[Craig]

Binary package hint: firefox-3.0

Every time a third session of FF 3 tries to start, it freezes. I commonly have two sessions running in two different desktops (Ubuntu Hardy 8.04). If I or a site tries to open a third session, all three lock up and I have to restart FF.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Jul 23 08:54:07 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
Package: firefox-3.0 3.0+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox-3.0
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-19-generic i686

[Michael Rooney (mrooney)]

Hi Craig! I just want to note that I cannot confirm this, and was able to open 5 Firefox windows and just them all just fine. When you say "sessions" are you just talking about Firefox windows, meaning you just opened again?

[Craig (crvanslyke)]

Huh ... Wonder why I'm having trouble, although it explains why I wasn't
able to find any fix online.

I start FF twice, once each for two different "desktops" in Ubuntu. Then the
problem usually happens when a Web site pops up another FF window. For
example, it happened today when I was doing some banking and wanted to see
details on a bill. The bank site popped up a separate window and FF locked
up.

This seems to happen on my pre-loaded Dell laptop as well, but I'll have to
confirm that.

On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 10:12 AM, Mike Rooney <email address hidden> wrote:

> Hi Craig! I just want to note that I cannot confirm this, and was able
> to open 5 Firefox windows and just them all just fine. When you say
> "sessions" are you just talking about Firefox windows, meaning you just
> opened again?
>
> --
> FF 3 locks up every time a third session starts
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/251151
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in "firefox-3.0" source package in Ubuntu: New
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: firefox-3.0
>
> Every time a third session of FF 3 tries to start, it freezes. I commonly
> have two sessions running in two different desktops (Ubuntu Hardy 8.04). If
> I or a site tries to open a third session, all three lock up and I have to
> restart FF.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> Architecture: i386
> Date: Wed Jul 23 08:54:07 2008
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
> Package: firefox-3.0 3.0+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1
> PackageArchitecture: i386
> ProcEnviron:
>
> PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: firefox-3.0
> Uname: Linux 2.6.24-19-generic i686
>

--
Craig Van Slyke
<email address hidden>
"See your possibilities, not your limitations."

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

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 is this still an issue for you? Could you try to reproduce the same with Ubuntu 8.10 or 9.04? Thanks in advance.

[Alexander Sack (asac)]

this is a known google toolbar issue. if you still see this bug, just disable that extension (or even uninstall).