Comment 4 for bug 270013

I am a newbie at this so what do I do next to keep the machine from freezing
- use Google Chrome or some other browser?

Bill Simson

On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 10:16 PM, Alessandro Ghersi <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> ** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu)
> Sourcepackagename: None => firefox
>
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> Unbuntu 8.04 & Firefox 3.01 freezes Thinkpad 2656
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/270013
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> Status in "firefox" source package in Ubuntu: New
>
> Bug description:
> A thinkpad 2656 IGU Freezes after opening multiple Firefox windows with
> Unbuntu 8.04. Firefox works fine under window XP on the same machine.
> (622 MB Memory, Celeron 1133 MHZ, 32.7 GB Disk space available.) The only
> apparent fix is to power down and back up. Ubuntu by itself doesn't appear
> to freeze. I usually takes 20 minutes or so for this to happen.
>
> I did not expect the system to freeze somewhat randomly when on the
> internet. (The laptop is connected via a Linksys WPC54G ver3 with Broadcom
> 43b Wireless Driver)
>