Ubuntu 9.04 hangs when Firefox 3.0.11 is opened

[Dr. Ricardo Villamizar Rodríguez]

Binary package hint: firefox-3.0

Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; es-AR; rv:1.9.0.11) Gecko/2009060309 Ubuntu/9.04 (jaunty) Firefox/3.0.11

1st: I opened firefox, the start page worked.

I tried to open another marked page, and Ubuntu hanged completely; even the power button of the computer. So i pushed reset.

Ubuntu loaded with no problem. (This first symptom happened twice).

2nd: I opened FireFox but no start page, marker or history appeared. Only the menus, buttons, bars and windows, like a "clean" FireFox start.

When I tried to open a webpage, it did not hung, but it seemed to me very slow.

So I closed FireFox.

Now, everytime when I opened the browser, always shows the dialog that offers to restore the previous session.

Also, I am not able to mark any page.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
Package: firefox-3.0 3.0.11+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.1
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=es_EC.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox-3.0
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-13-generic x86_64

[Micah Gersten (micahg)]

Thank you for reporting this to Ubuntu. Sometimes Firefox profiles can become corrupt. Could you please try this with a new profile and see if the problem still exists? You do not need to delete your old profile to test.
firefox -ProfileManager

[Dr. Ricardo Villamizar Rodríguez (ricardo-villamizar)]

2009-07-20

Hi:

(I am unsure if I have to report back the solution, and where. I hope I am not bothering anybody in this email address. Well...)

Yes, thanks Micah: I did that and Firefox ran fine again; consider the problem solved. But the old profile was totally corrupted; I could not get back any data, and that was annoying.

And I am still concerned if Ubuntu will freeze again just because a damaged profile in FireFox.

Thank you, again.

Ricardo.

> Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 05:47:54 +0000
> From: <email address hidden>
> To: <email address hidden>
> Subject: [Bug 401241] Re: Ubuntu 9.04 hangs when Firefox 3.0.11 is opened
>
> Thank you for reporting this to Ubuntu. Sometimes Firefox profiles can become corrupt. Could you please try this with a new profile and see if the problem still exists? You do not need to delete your old profile to test.
> firefox -ProfileManager
>
> ** Summary changed:
>
> - Ubuntu 9.04 hangs when Firefox 3.03.11 is opened
> + Ubuntu 9.04 hangs when Firefox 3.0.11 is opened
>
> ** Changed in: firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
> --
> Ubuntu 9.04 hangs when Firefox 3.0.11 is opened
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/401241
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in “firefox-3.0” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: firefox-3.0
>
> Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; es-AR; rv:1.9.0.11) Gecko/2009060309 Ubuntu/9.04 (jaunty) Firefox/3.0.11
>
> 1st: I opened firefox, the start page worked.
>
> I tried to open another marked page, and Ubuntu hanged completely; even the power button of the computer. So i pushed reset.
>
> Ubuntu loaded with no problem. (This first symptom happened twice).
>
> 2nd: I opened FireFox but no start page, marker or history appeared. Only the menus, buttons, bars and windows, like a "clean" FireFox start.
>
> When I tried to open a webpage, it did not hung, but it seemed to me very slow.
>
> So I closed FireFox.
>
> Now, everytime when I opened the browser, always shows the dialog that offers to restore the previous session.
>
> Also, I am not able to mark any page.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> Architecture: amd64
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
> Package: firefox-3.0 3.0.11+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.1
> ProcEnviron:
> LANG=es_EC.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: firefox-3.0
> Uname: Linux 2.6.28-13-generic x86_64

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