From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 3 17:21:14 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 72E5637B401 for ; Thu, 3 Jul 2003 17:21:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from web41307.mail.yahoo.com (web41307.mail.yahoo.com [66.218.93.56]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 18BBB4401A for ; Thu, 3 Jul 2003 17:21:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wayneclubin@yahoo.com) Message-ID: <20030704002113.76958.qmail@web41307.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [64.118.225.62] by web41307.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Thu, 03 Jul 2003 17:21:13 PDT Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2003 17:21:13 -0700 (PDT) From: Wayne Lubin To: Matthew Seaman In-Reply-To: <20030703195343.GA62546@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OT Re: mozilla stalls X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 04 Jul 2003 00:21:14 -0000 --- Matthew Seaman wrote: > On Thu, Jul 03, 2003 at 10:50:12AM -0500, Matthew > Bettinger wrote: > > On Thursday 03 July 2003 10:44 am, Matt Heath > wrote: > > > >I've had a recurring issue with Mozilla and > Firebird (was Phoenix): > > > >The browsers will stall in a seemingly > non-deterministic fashion. > > > > > > I get that too > > > > My mozilla will hang for a few minutes when I > enter a url in the > > location bar. If I fire it up and click on the > link that are already > > there it's fine. The moment I try to type a new > URL in the bar it just > > hangs. I am using the nvidia drivers on bsd 4.8. > Never had a problem > > (that I can recall) until I installed the nvidia > drivers.. could be > > wrong tho. > > I you go into Mozilla preferences, under Advanced : > Keyboard > Navigation and disable Find As You Type, then you'll > avoid the several > minutes of hang the first time you try and type into > a text field or > the location bar. Presumably the same trick would > work with Firebird, > but unfortunately there doesn't appear to be a > control for disabling > that "feature". > > I don't think this has anything to do with the video > hardware or > drivers you're using -- I guess that was just a > coincidence. You must > have installed or upgraded Mozilla around the same > time. This pausing > thing was introduced around the same time as Mozilla > 1.3 was released. > It's not just FreeBSD that suffers either. There > have been bug > reports in Mozilla's Bugzilla DB for some time, but > the problem still > persists. > > Cheers, > > Matthew > > -- > Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. > 26 The Paddocks > > Savill Way > PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey > Marlow > Tel: +44 1628 476614 > Bucks., SL7 1TH UK > > ATTACHMENT part 2 application/pgp-signature there is no preferences > Advanced : Keyboard Navigation option in my mozilla preferences I am using mozilla-1.0.rc3,1 whatever that means :). __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com