Tor + Zotero + Firbug + Gnome additions causes hang when Java applet runs

[Chris Jeffries]

Binary package hint: firefox-3.0

I am using Blackboard learning system. Enabling 'HTML creator' (a Java applet) consistently causes Firefox to hang and the PC to report100% utilisation (about 75% in firefox, 10% in Java, and the rest in Gnome).

I believe the problem to be in either the Tor button add on or Zotero (more likely Tor) or possibly in recent changes to the Gnome add in for Firefox clashing with one of these, based on the timeing of the appearance of this error.

I have currently disabled all three add-ns (but not Gnome add in), and the Java applet loads smoothly.

No time right now to do more investigation.

Firefox 3.0.13
Firebug 1.4.2 (not active for the above web site)
Torbutton 1.2.2
Zotero 1.0.10
Ubuntu Hardy 8.04 with all recommended updates to 1 Sep 2009

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Sep 1 08:23:34 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Package: firefox-3.0 3.0.13+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_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox-3.0
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-19-generic i686

[Micah Gersten (micahg)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. However, according to this report, you are not using the most recent version of this package for your Ubuntu release. Please upgrade to the most recent version and let us know if you are still having this issue. Thanks in advance.

[Philip Muškovac (yofel)]

We'd like to figure out what's causing this bug for you, but we haven't heard back from you in a while. Could you please provide the requested information? Thanks!

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]