my internet download stops (while watching you tube, I see the progress line stops. and it does that in other internet application. with firefox

[binolar]

Binary package hint: firefox-3.0

it happens when i download. I have firestarter and it shows that I don't receive any bits at all. it always stops after a couple of seconds. i would say 60 seconds.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
Package: firefox-3.0 3.0.4+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.10.1
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=fr_CA.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox-3.0
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-7-generic i686

[Tom (tom6)]

If you're trying to download something and also watch movies on YouTube and maybe have a couple of other things going on - such as a game running in the background then maybe just try closing a lot of the other tasks & all the other tabs. Does that help?

Ok, that was a dumb answer. I think you were really saying that even with only 1 tab open firefox can't play a YouTube video because it doesn't download it? If so you may want to check out some other bug reports because there have been various problems with trying to play YouTube.

Anyway, good luck in hunting for an answer and good luck with it :)

[Micah Gersten (micahg)]

Many bad Firefox behaviors are in fact caused by one of the many third-party 'themes', 'extensions' and 'plugins'. These will go away with a new profile - that is, when Firefox is restored to default settings and without any extensions and themes. You do not need to delete your old profile to test.
Could you please try with a new profile to see if that solves your problem?
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MozillaTeam/Bugs?action=show&redirect=DebuggingFirefox#Try%20with%20a%20new%20profile
Also, there a new version of Firefox 3.0 has been released since you submitted this bug. Could you please try that as well?
Thanks!

[Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)]

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!

[Tony Wagtar (gw930)]

The process of transferring data and waiting for downloads, especially of adverts on websites, takes far too long.