Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2012 19:54:43 -0700 From: Joseph Olatt <joji@eskimo.com> To: Erich Dollansky <erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 8.3 and 9.0 freeze with firefox Message-ID: <20120331025443.GA18661@shell.eskimo.com> In-Reply-To: <201203301041.54397.erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com> References: <20120330022806.GA30761@shell.eskimo.com> <201203301041.54397.erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com>
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On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 10:41:54AM +0700, Erich Dollansky wrote: > Hi, > > On Friday 30 March 2012 09:28:06 Joseph Olatt wrote: > > > > Starting with 8.3, I've been experiencing FreeBSD freezing up completely > > after using firefox for a while. Thinking the problem would go away if I > > upgraded to 9.0, I did that and I am still experiencing the same > > freezing up. The mouse pointer freezes, the keyboard freezes (caps lock > > light will not come on; Ctrl-Alt-F[1-10] does not work etc.). The only > > way to get the system back is by pressing and holding down the power > > button. > > > > The problem seems similar to: kern/163145 > > > > > > There is nothing in /var/log/messages to indicate a problem. Output of > > pciconf -lv and uname -a are at: > > > > http://www.eskimo.com/~joji/wisdom/ > > > > Anybody else experiencing similar freeze ups with 8.3 or 9.0 while using > > firefox? > > > I use 8.3 and Firefox without problems. What extension did you install? Are they all properly updated? > > Earlier, it helped deleting firefox' directory in the user directory. > > Erich Erich, Thanks for your response. I've removed the .mozilla directory from my home directory. Let's see if it will make a difference. It is quite possible it will. I had updated the firefox port when I updated from 8.2 to 8.3. Thanks for the suggestion. joseph
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