first tab in firefox has a constant loading icon and won't close

[Jordan Hess]

Binary package hint: firefox

The first tab in firefox has a loading icon that never disappears, no matter which page is the first tab. In addition to that, when it gets this loading icon that never goes away I cant close the tab through conventional means.

The steps I use to close the tab are:

1. I right click the tab and select "Open in a New Window"
2. I close the new window that opens.
3. Back to the original window I still have a tab I cant close, however now it is all blank. So I close firefox all together.

When I reopen firefox the tab is gone, however usually within minutes the constant loading thing happens again and I have to rinse and repeat if I want to close the tab.

I doubt you ubuntu guys care, however this exact same problem happens in Windows, so I think it may be something with a recent change in firefox codebase.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: firefox 3.6.12+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.10.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.35-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Nov 23 08:21:37 2010
FirefoxPackages:
 firefox 3.6.12+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.10.1
 firefox-gnome-support 3.6.12+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.10.1
 firefox-branding 3.6.12+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.10.1
 abroswer N/A
 abrowser-branding N/A
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox

[wizodd (wizodd-gmail)]

After deletion of the tabs to the right of the frozen tab, it leaves one untitled tab to the right which cannot be deleted.
If another tab is opened to it's right, the tab may be deleted, but another opens instantly.

[Rolf Leggewie (r0lf)]

FWIW, works fine for me in lucid and FF versions are the same across releases, I think.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Paul White (paulw2u)]

Jordan 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.

Ubuntu 10.10 (maverick) reached end-of-life on April 10, 2012.

Do you still see a problem related to the one that you reported in a currently supported version of Ubuntu?

Please let us know if you do otherwise this bug report can be left to expire in approximately 60 days time.

Thank you 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.]