I'm affected by this on a fresh install of 64-bit ubuntu.
From extensive Googling, I believe that the problem is related to adding
WINS into your /etc/nsswitch.conf file. I found that last night and
removed the entry. I did not have another FF crash since, but have not
tried the Link of Death
I can confirm that the Link of Death works correctly. I have moved the
WINS line to the end, so it reads:
hosts: files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns mdns4 wins
Trouble is, now I can't access my samba host without defining it in
hosts. I don't know what the problem is, but at
