Binary package hint: firefox
Update released on 16 August 2010 changed applet behavior. When a page loads with an embedded java applet, it does not start the first time displayed. Restarting the page will permit the applet to run properly as it did before the update. Behavior may be observed on the web site "dslreports". Try speed test or tweak test using java, and the page must be reloaded for the applet to run. This is the 10.04 Lucid Lynx 64 bit with all current updates
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: firefox 3.6.8+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-24.39-generic 2.6.32.15+drm33.5
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-24-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Aug 16 13:10:21 2010
FirefoxPackages:
firefox 3.6.8+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1
firefox-gnome-support 3.6.8+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1
firefox-branding 3.6.8+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1
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
Thank you for reporting this to Ubuntu. Sometimes Firefox profiles can become corrupt and/or extensions can conflict. Could you please try this with a new profile and see if the problem still exists? You do not need to delete your old profile to test. If this helps, you might want to try to disable all your extensions and re-enable them one by one until you find the problematic one.
You can start the profile manager with the following command:
firefox -ProfileManager
By the way, this worked for me fine in a clean profile.