[QCLUG] Firefox stability under Ubuntu 9.04 AMD64

Dan dan@cpugeek.org
Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:40:24 -0500


What version of firefox?

Dan

Sent from my iPod

On Jun 23, 2009, at 10:34 PM, Chris Cooper <QCAdmin@gmail.com> wrote:

> Over the last few days, I have been noticing some extreme instability
> with Firefox under Ubuntu 9.04 AMD64 with the latest builds.  I have
> tracked the issue down to Flash (I believe), but can't find a good
> fix.  If I remove and reinstall flash (any of the 3 flash packages
> Firefox suggests), then it works fine for a few days before the
> crashes start.
>
> It is currently so bad, just opening Gmail crashes the browser in 5-10
> seconds.  (On that note, sorry about my grammar in my last post, I was
> just happy I could get firefox up long enough to hit Send).  For the
> time being, I have resorted to running the windows Firefox build and
> Adobe's Flash under Wine and everything seems stable.
>
> Has anyone else run into similar issues and if so, have you found any
> ways to fix it?
>
> Cooper
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