On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 07:00:36 -0700, Greg Knaddison
<greg.knaddison@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 08:44:05 -0500, Chris Hammond <chris@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Chris Mauritz wrote:
> >
> > > Collins Richey wrote:
> > >
> > >> Has anyone else noticed that firefox is less stable after the recent
> > >> security update?
> > >> I'm getting several occurrences per day of "just goes poof," i.e.
> > >> probably seg fault.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > > I've noticed this on WinXP as well. Not only does it go poof, but
> > > sometimes it just decides to hang, stare at it's own navel, and gobble
> > > up 99% of the cpu time.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > > C
> > >
> > Having this exact same hanging issue. It was doing it constantly but
> > the problem seems to have stopped. Probal shouldn't have said that as
> > it will
> > probably start again. :)
> >
>
> Can you start with a clean profile? If your machine is configured normally:
>
> firefox --profilemanager
>
> Make a new profile and use that one. If you get the problem to
> continue, then it's a real problem. If it goes away, then your
> profile got corrupted. This commonly happens during upgrades between
> firefox versions, especially when you have themes, extesions,
> configuration settings setup.
>
Hmmm! Worth a try.
--
Collins
When I saw the Iraqi people voting three weeks ago, 8 million of them,
it was the start of a new Arab world.... The Berlin Wall has fallen.
- Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt
