| Firefox is crashing when view GMail [message #9667] |
Tue, 03 November 2009 22:01  |
 phayz
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I am using Firefox from the current repository (version 3.5.3 I think) and find that Firefox keeps crashing when I access my GMail account. I can't find any common cause, because it might crash immediately while GMail's display is loading, or while I'm reading mail, sometimes when GMail has loaded successfully and I'm doing something else. I have loaded Firefox from the command line and can't see any significant messages when it crashes.
I have also tried other browsers, including Opera, Midori and Epiphany. I find that the other webkit-based browsers also crash when I access my GMail account. I have reinstalled all the webkit-related packages but still the problem remains.
Can anyone suggest what I might do? This is, of course, a real problem because I usually have several tabs open and when FF has a problem with GMail, I lose everything I was working on in all tabs.
[Updated on: Tue, 03 November 2009 22:19]
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| Re: Firefox is crashing when view GMail [message #9691 is a reply to message #9680 ] |
Mon, 09 November 2009 20:51  |
phayz
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mikioma,
You may not have given me an answer, but at least you've confirmed what I believe to be the problem - a common library.
To answer your question - Yes, Firefox and the other browsers have only been crashing in GMail.
I have heard of users of other Linux distributions complain about Firefox crashing occasionally and I thought this was strange because it ALWAYS been very stable for me. I may have a problem perhaps once a year with Firefox. Now, though, I find that it's crashing often, but only when accessing GMail.
I have switched back to FW 1.1 for stability but I might install FF 1.1+ to new partitions and see the results.
Thanks again for your reply.
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