Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 06:43:18 -0400 From: Ed Budd <ebudd@grokking.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mozilla 1.7 more unstable than 1.6? Message-ID: <40F50E46.90309@grokking.org> In-Reply-To: <40F4D958.5020106@snu.ac.kr> References: <40F4D958.5020106@snu.ac.kr>
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Rob Lahaye wrote: > > Hi, > > I have just upgraded my mozilla install from ports collection to version > 1.7. > > Since then, mozilla seems to crash frequently (once a day or so) when > webbrowsing. When I then revisit the same page it crashed on, there is no > problem. This makes the error rather unreproducible. > > (Much less frequent I had hangs with Mozilla 1.6, but that seemed to > be related to difficult webpage designs, which hanged Mozilla each > time I visited the site; with "hang" I mean, mozilla windows are still > there, but no reponse to key or mouse input anymore). > > Apparently there's some bugs in 1.7 that accumulate and then crash > the application; "crash" means here that all mozilla windows simply > disappear, instantly gone. > > Anybody else experiences this? > > I wonder if it's a mozilla bug or a more freebsd related issue. > These are my installed ports (related to Mozilla): > mozilla-1.7,2 > jdk-1.4.2p6_4 > linux-sun-jdk-1.4.2.05 > linux-flashplugin-6.0r79_1 > linuxpluginwrapper-20040310_2 > mplayerplug-in-2.66 > plugger-5.1.2 > > > Regards, > Rob. > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" I used to have issues with older Mozilla (1.3?) hanging (mouse/cursor freezing, etc.) when accessing certain websites. In my case these issues disappeared once I disabled "find as you type" in the options. Did you try a google search describing the phenomenon? That's how I eventually got the idea to disable this (mis)feature. Just a thought... EB
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