I can reproduce on krillin, with the latest vivid-proposed image (#184).
Relevant output from /var/log/syslog:
Apr 14 19:01:49 ubuntu-phablet kernel: [ 6435.958540]select 'unity8-dash'
(2512), adj 50, size 14703, to kill
Apr 14 19:01:49 ubuntu-phablet kernel: [ 6435.958570]select 'webbrowser-app'
(9421), adj 110, size 16248, to kill
Apr 14 19:01:49 ubuntu-phablet kernel: [ 6435.958590]select 'oxide-renderer'
(16584), adj 300, size 150274, to kill
Apr 14 19:01:49 ubuntu-phablet kernel: [ 6435.958613]Killing 'oxide-renderer'
(16584), adj 300,
Apr 14 19:01:49 ubuntu-phablet kernel: [ 6435.958617] to free 601096kB on
behalf of 'CompositorTileW' (16593) because
Apr 14 19:01:49 ubuntu-phablet kernel: [ 6435.958622] cache 65364kB is below
limit 65536kB for oom_score_adj 12
Apr 14 19:01:49 ubuntu-phablet kernel: [ 6435.958627] Free memory is -3272kB
above reserved [gfp(0x200da)]
So technically, the browser doesn’t crash, but the renderer process is being
killed by the system to free up memory.
The browser should certainly display a user-friendly message when that happens,
instead of just a blank page (tracked by bug #1375272). However I doubt you’ll
ever be able to view that page in its entirety on this device, given the memory
constraints.
** Changed in: webbrowser-app (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
** Summary changed:
- browser crashes on image-heavy pages
+ renderer process is killed on image-heavy pages on krillin
** Also affects: webbrowser-app
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Changed in: webbrowser-app
Status: New => Confirmed
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Title:
renderer process is killed on image-heavy pages on krillin
Status in Web Browser App:
Confirmed
Status in webbrowser-app package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
On the BQ ubuntu phone, while browsing image-heavy pages, the browser
suddenly turns completely white and unresponsive. Closing the app and
restarting it fixes the problem.
example: I can't watch this page to the end, because the browser
crashes in the middle... https://imgur.com/gallery/NnGyq
I have this on a lot of websites, after browsing for 30 minutes, the
browser crashes...
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