Certain pages, very-very slow when scroll down

[pandarean]

Binary package hint: firefox-3.0

Hello

This page is extremely slow when scrolling down
http://es.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prison_Break&diff=21521455&oldid=21511585

This one too
http://www.frozen-layer.com/noticias

Video: Ati HD3200, catalyst8.9
With Compiz and Without compiz is slow
Ubuntu 8.04
firefox 3.0.3+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1
anything more?... you say

I expected a rapid scroll like opera, (it's perfect in Opera)

Thanks :)

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Nov 5 20:57:21 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Package: firefox-3.0 3.0.3+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=es_PE.UTF-8
SourcePackage: firefox-3.0
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-21-generic i686

[xteejx (xteejx)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Could you please try to obtain a backtrace by following the instructions on https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MozillaTeam/Bugs? Also, please answer these questions:
Is this crash reproducible? If so, which are the steps that lead to it?
Which flash package do you have installed?
Which Java package do you have installed?
Which Firefox extensions do you have installed?

This will greatly aid us in tracking down your problem.

[Alexander Sack (asac)]

pandarean wrote:
> Public bug reported:
>
> Binary package hint: firefox-3.0
>
> Hello
>
> This page is extremely slow when scrolling down
> http://es.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prison_Break&diff=21521455&oldid=21511585
>
> This one too
> http://www.frozen-layer.com/noticias
>
>
> Video: Ati HD3200, catalyst8.9
> With Compiz and Without compiz is slow
> Ubuntu 8.04
> firefox 3.0.3+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1
> anything more?... you say
>
> I expected a rapid scroll like opera, (it's perfect in Opera)
>
> Thanks :)
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> Architecture: i386
> Date: Wed Nov 5 20:57:21 2008
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
> NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
>

please try the ati driver instead of fglrx

also if possible test whether firefox-3.1 is better for you (from jaunty)

status incomplete

[Martin Mai (mrkanister-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount)]

 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!