Comment 4 for bug 271578

  Stillhappening;
especially if a video is in a tab; ( currently using 7 open tabs)

- ALso, one often has to go into system monitor to kill Firefox, as
clicking the upper right "X" doesn't do it.

Thanks

BEn

-----Original Message-----
From: Kamus <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Sent: Sun, Dec 6, 2009 6:27 pm
Subject: [Bug 271578] Re: Firefox freezes using multitabs and let to sit 20 min

Since this report have a long time without activity, could you check (if
is possible) in latest version included in Karmic if this issue is still
happening? Thanks in advance.

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Firefox freezes using multitabs and let to sit 20 min
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/271578
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Status in “firefox-3.0” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete

Bug description:

Firefox freezes using multitabs and let to sit

Sequence is as follows:

using: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.0.1) Gecko/2008072820
Firefox/3.0.1

Using tabbed Firefox browser

with tabs at the following URL's:

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.scuba/topics?hl=en&lnk
http://news.google.com
http://www.drudgereport.com/
http://news.google.com/nwshp?hl=en&tab=wn
http://www.wbgo.org/listennow/index.php
http://www.wonkette.com/
http://www.wbgo.org/listennow/wbgo.m3u

tabbed session starts at ~ 70 MB

- now either start switching between these windows

as you add windows, mem usage creeps up

one extra window == 86.5 meg

Kill window, same 86.5 meg

in a minute mem goes down to 86.1

click on a news story / go into a new page mem suddenly 91.5 meg

Let sit 1 minute

"arrow back" to main URL on tab, ==89.2 Meg

still one Firefox window

pop up another window on a news story ( 2 windows, one tabbed one not) == 91.2
Meg mem used

click on another news story, third window == 97.5 meg

let sit 20 minutes == mem usage is 102 megabytes

URL http://www.wbgo.org/listennow/wbgo.m3u has stopped reacting or producing
sound (Music)

kill that window

screen suddenly turns grey, system monitor says firefox is using 103.2 megabytes

System Monitor says firefox is sleeping

Firefox does not respond to cursor except to minimize screens

System using only 354 meg of 1 Gig and 25% cpu being used by system

"continue process" on system monitor does not restore app.

App still grey and unresponsive

click on tabs

Message

"The window "FT.com / In depth - Panic grips credit markets - Mozilla Firefox"
is not responding.

Forcing this application to quit will cause you to lose any unsaved changes."

Screen is still grey

This is a bug

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