Since I have updated to the latest version of Ubuntu 12.04 my system crashes whenever I use Firefox or Chrome. I am unable to pinpoint any particular action that causes this crash. I let the system try to recover on its own, but it never does. When I am surfing the web the entire system will simply lockup and the cooling fans will go to full RPM's. I am able to move the mouse on the screen, but it doesn't do anything and at this point I need to hard-boot. I have used other programs and the lock-up does not occur. It only happens when using the browsers. I know this probably isn't enough information to properly diagnose my problem. Let me know what else would help. I'm a bit of a novice. Thanks.
This has happened 5 times in the course of trying to file this bug report. Ugh...
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: firefox 12.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7
Architecture: i386
AudioDevicesInUse:
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC0: monad 1775 F.... pulseaudio
BuildID: 20120423122624
Card0.Amixer.info:
Card hw:0 'NVidia'/'HDA NVidia at 0xd0880000 irq 21'
Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC268'
Components : 'HDA:10ec0268,10250126,00100003 HDA:14f12c06,10250126,00100000'
Controls : 26
Simple ctrls : 14
Channel: release
Date: Sat May 12 00:19:39 2012
ForcedLayersAccel: False
IfupdownConfig:
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
IpRoute:
default via 192.168.33.1 dev wlan0 proto static
169.254.0.0/16 dev wlan0 scope link metric 1000
192.168.33.0/24 dev wlan0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.33.119 metric 2
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=12.0/20120423122624 (Running)
RunningIncompatibleAddons: False
SourcePackage: firefox
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-05-08 (3 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 05/06/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: Acer
dmi.bios.version: V1.33
dmi.board.name: Fuquene
dmi.board.vendor: Acer
dmi.board.version: N/A
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAcer:bvrV1.33:bd05/06/2008:svnAcer:pnAspire7520:pvrV1.09:rvnAcer:rnFuquene:rvrN/A:cvnAcer:ct10:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: Aspire 7520
dmi.product.version: V1.09
dmi.sys.vendor: Acer
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.