Comment 2 for bug 225837

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John Vivirito (gnomefreak) wrote : Re: [Bug 225837] [NEW] FIREFOX 3 BETA 5 LOCKS UP MY COMPUTER

Larry Martin wrote:
> Public bug reported:
>
> Binary package hint: firefox-3.0
>
> FIREFOX 3 BETA 5 keeps locking up MY ENTIRE DAMM COMPUTER. No matter
> what websites I am I on, no matter if I click a URL link w/in a webpage
> OR type in manually a new webpage, IT LOCKS UP MY UP ENTIRE PC. This
> has happened numerous times.
>
> It usually locks up just after the pointer changes to the round,
> spinning ("loading webpage") icon.
>
> I have Ubuntu 8.04 w/ALL THE UPDATES installed. This sort of thing USE
> TO (not) HAPPEN!!!
>
> What is going on Mozilla Organization?
>
> I have a Sempron 2400+ PC w/a ATI Radeon 9600XT 256 MB video card.
>
> I am sick and tired of this I am going uninstall the FireFox 3 Beta 5
> and downgrade to a PREVIOUS version of Firefox or switch to Opera.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> Architecture: i386
> Date: Fri May 2 13:11:03 2008
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
> NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
> Package: firefox-3.0 3.0~b5+nobinonly-0ubuntu3
> 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 2.6.24-16-generic i686
>
> ** Affects: firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Undecided
> Status: New
>
>
> ** Tags: apport-bug
>
>
Marking as a dup of bug #215728

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    John Vivirito

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