Firefox crashes when US newspapers try to download multimedia connections. Hard drive thrashes, screen dims, computer becomes unuseable.

Bug #256518 reported by Roger Houghton

This bug report was converted into a question: question #42064: Firefox crashes when US newspapers try to download multimedia connections. Hard drive thrashes, screen dims, computer becomes unuseable..

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apport (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: apport

Using Ubuntu 8.04 release.
Page loads, say N Y Times, and displays normally until one of the later packages causes mouse to become unpredictable, hard disc to thrash and screen to grey-out for long periods. Only remedy I have discovered is to cut the electricity and restart.
I don't know what I am doing, sorry.

Changed in apport:
status: New → Invalid
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