[natty]Firefox stops responding with the fglrx driver

[Rajeev Nair]

Binary package hint: firefox

With the latest fglrx in the natty beta, firefox simply stops responding to mouse clicks and only works again when i minimise firefox and then bring it into focus again. Happens after every minute or so of using firefox.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: firefox 4.0~rc2+build3+nobinonly-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.41-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Apr 8 17:45:01 2011
FirefoxPackages:
 firefox 4.0~rc2+build3+nobinonly-0ubuntu2
 flashplugin-installer N/A
 adobe-flashplugin N/A
 icedtea-plugin N/A
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta 1 amd64 (20110329.1)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Andrzej Skiba (andskiba)]

I get the same behavior. Simply doing Alt+Tab to switch to another window and then back to FF will make FF stop redrawing content, at which point you have to minimize-maximize to get it to work properly. I'm also using fglrx.

[Rajeev Nair (rajeev)]

Such an important bug yet no developer comments yet.Granted you have an excuse about fglrx being proprietary but you can atleast comment on it.

[Rajeev Nair (rajeev)]

None of you are using fglrx i am sure. Iam using it though and since natty has been released , you can expect new user's impressions of unity ruined because firefox freezes with fglrx.

Now what do most computer users do most of the time? Browse the internet.And the number one app for browing ? Firefox.

Awesome.

[Ole Jakob Skjelten (olesk)]

I second that - this one needs immediate attention. Completely unable to get Firefox to work on Natty upgraded from Maverick.

[Montblanc (montblanc)]

Not sure about fglrx, it stopped responding on nvidia too, but Alt+Tab or minimize/maximize doesn't work. I'm using chrome at the moment.

[Paul White (paulw2u)]

rajeev (and anyone else affected),

We are sorry that we do not always have the capacity to review all reported bugs in a timely manner. You reported this bug some time ago and there have been many changes in Ubuntu and Firefox since that time.

Do you still see a problem related to the one that was reported? Please let us know if you do.

If we do not hear from anyone this bug report will automatically expire in approximately 60 days time.

Thank you all for helping make Ubuntu better.

Paul White
[Ubuntu Bug Squad]

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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