Ubuntu
firefox-3.0 package

Firefox freezes

Bug #307935 reported by LorenM on 2008-12-14

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #238542: [Master] Firefox crash when organizing bookmark menu. Edit Remove

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: firefox-3.0

In the bookmarks menu, I created a folder. It appeared at the end of the bookmark list. I clicked on the folder with my left mouse button and attempted to move it near the other folder in the book mark menu, "Mozilla Firefox". I have a number of entries in the bookmark menu so it scrolls to reach the end. I tapped the "End" key to reach the end of the bookmark list quickly. I am able to start to move the folder, but the mouse icon changes and stops moving the folder. I did not figure out how to exit this mode. The only way I found to exit this mode it to use the hard-reset button on the computer and wait for reboot. I attempted to move the folder twice in this manner each time with the same result.

You probably receive this information with the report, but this is what About Mozilla Firefox says: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.0.4) Gecko/2008111317 Ubuntu/8.04 (hardy) Firefox/3.0.4. I am using Ubuntu 8.04 with all of the latest updates as of 12-14-08 and no other applications were running.

I suspect this is a bug in Firefox, but I do not know for sure. I did not file a bug report with Mozilla since I do not know the source of the bug. I am unfamiliar with were to find the log files and how to read them.

If this is really a feature, please direct me to information on how to use it. Thanks for your assistance.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Dec 14 10:46:52 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
Package: firefox-3.0 3.0.4+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_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox-3.0
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-22-generic i686

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LorenM (elspamocollector) wrote on 2008-12-14:

Dependencies.txt Edit (2.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ExtensionSummary.txt Edit (437 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
profiles.ini.txt Edit (94 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Tom (tom6) wrote on 2008-12-14:

ummm, i didn't read all this but isn't it better to use the 'Organise Bookmarks' Option when you have a long list of bookmarks.

Sorry, this is just a quick answer until i've read your full problem with this.

Good luck and happy hunting for the answer :)

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Tom (tom6) wrote on 2008-12-14:

Wow, that seems to be pretty comprehensive report on your packages. People normally just write 'Ubuntu 8.04 with FireFox 3.0.4' and wait for requests for further information specific to the problem. Good report though. Thanks for reporting bug, hopefully some-one knowledgeable will answer properly soon.

Good luck and have fun with Ubuntu :)

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Tom (tom6) wrote on 2009-01-25:

Does using the 'Organise Bookmarks' option have the same problem?

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LorenM (elspamocollector) wrote on 2009-01-26: [Bug 307935] Re: Firefox freezes

Tom,

After you replied, I tried the 'Organise Bookmarks' option and Firefox
did not freeze.

Thanks for your help.

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [Bug 307935] Re: Firefox freezes
Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 11:00:50 -0000
From: Tom <email address hidden>
Reply-To: Bug 307935 <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
References: <email address hidden>

Does using the 'Organise Bookmarks' option have the same problem?

-- Firefox freezes https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/307935 You received
this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber of the bug.
Status in “firefox-3.0” source package in Ubuntu: New Bug description:
Binary package hint: firefox-3.0 In the bookmarks menu, I created a
folder. It appeared at the end of the bookmark list. I clicked on the
folder with my left mouse button and attempted to move it near the other
folder in the book mark menu, "Mozilla Firefox". I have a number of
entries in the bookmark menu so it scrolls to reach the end. I tapped
the "End" key to reach the end of the bookmark list quickly. I am able
to start to move the folder, but the mouse icon changes and stops moving
the folder. I did not figure out how to exit this mode. The only way I
found to exit this mode it to use the hard-reset button on the computer
and wait for reboot. I attempted to move the folder twice in this manner
each time with the same result. You probably receive this information
with the report, but this is what About Mozilla Firefox says:
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.0.4) Gecko/2008111317
Ubuntu/8.04 (hardy) Firefox/3.0.4. I am using Ubuntu 8.04 with all of
the latest updates as of 12-14-08 and no other applications were
running. I suspect this is a bug in Firefox, but I do not know for sure.
I did not file a bug report with Mozilla since I do not know the source
of the bug. I am unfamiliar with were to find the log files and how to
read them. If this is really a feature, please direct me to information
on how to use it. Thanks for your assistance. ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386 Date: Sun Dec 14 10:46:52 2008 DistroRelease: Ubuntu
8.04 Package: firefox-3.0 3.0.4+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_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: firefox-3.0 Uname: Linux
2.6.24-22-generic i686
-- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version:
7.5.552 / Virus Database: 270.10.13/1914 - Release Date: 1/24/2009 8:40 PM

Tom,

After you replied, I tried the 'Organise Bookmarks' option and Firefox 
did not freeze.

Thanks for your help.

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	[Bug 307935] Re: Firefox freezes
Date: 	Sun, 25 Jan 2009 11:00:50 -0000
From: 	Tom <TomDavies04@Yahoo.Co.Uk>
Reply-To: 	Bug 307935 <307935@bugs.launchpad.net>
To: 	elspamocollector@comcast.net
References: 	<20081214194231.20769.69251.malonedeb@gandwana.canonical.com>

Does using the 'Organise Bookmarks' option have the same problem?

-- Firefox freezes https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/307935 You received 
this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber of the bug. 
Status in “firefox-3.0” source package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: 
Binary package hint: firefox-3.0 In the bookmarks menu, I created a 
folder. It appeared at the end of the bookmark list. I clicked on the 
folder with my left mouse button and attempted to move it near the other 
folder in the book mark menu, "Mozilla Firefox". I have a number of 
entries in the bookmark menu so it scrolls to reach the end. I tapped 
the "End" key to reach the end of the bookmark list quickly. I am able 
to start to move the folder, but the mouse icon changes and stops moving 
the folder. I did not figure out how to exit this mode. The only way I 
found to exit this mode it to use the hard-reset button on the computer 
and wait for reboot. I attempted to move the folder twice in this manner 
each time with the same result. You probably receive this information 
with the report, but this is what About Mozilla Firefox says: 
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.0.4) Gecko/2008111317 
Ubuntu/8.04 (hardy) Firefox/3.0.4. I am using Ubuntu 8.04 with all of 
the latest updates as of 12-14-08 and no other applications were 
running. I suspect this is a bug in Firefox, but I do not know for sure. 
I did not file a bug report with Mozilla since I do not know the source 
of the bug. I am unfamiliar with were to find the log files and how to 
read them. If this is really a feature, please direct me to information 
on how to use it. Thanks for your assistance. ProblemType: Bug 
Architecture: i386 Date: Sun Dec 14 10:46:52 2008 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 
8.04 Package: firefox-3.0 3.0.4+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_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: firefox-3.0 Uname: Linux 
2.6.24-22-generic i686
-- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 
7.5.552 / Virus Database: 270.10.13/1914 - Release Date: 1/24/2009 8:40 PM

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drew212 (mstngdrew212) wrote on 2009-09-13:

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 238542 , so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.