** Summary changed: - firefox completely hangs while loading ajax content + firefox freezes computer every time it loads content
** Description changed: - This has started happening after upgrading from Ubuntu 10.04 to Ubuntu - 10.10. I'm not sure the bug is in Firefox, but up to now I haven't seen - any other program affected. + Every time Firefox is loading content, no matter whether it is loading a + new page or it is loading ajax content _within_ a page, the whole + computer freezes during some seconds while the content loads. During + that time you can't open a new tab, nor type anything, nor even interact + with other programs. If you were typing, you will see all the characters + you have typed meanwhile appear all at once. - To reproduce: go to www.google.com and start typing a long search query + An example is when you go to google.com and start typing the search + terms. While you type them, every time the results are updated, the + computer freezes for some seconds. - Expected (and how it behaved before the upgrade): every once in a while - google's javascript scripts refresh the content of the page, the page - greys out while reloading content, but the browser itself NEVER stops - responding to mouse and keyboard input. The input textfield ALWAYS - responds and shows what you're typing, regardless of whether the content - below is being reloaded, and most important, the browser always responds - to interaction such as clicking on another tab. This is what used to - happen and what SHOULD happen. + This is a regression and this started happening just after I upgraded + Ubuntu 10.04 to Ubuntu 10.10. I had never had this problem before. - Observed behaviour (since the upgrade to 10.10): whenever the search - results are refreshed, the whole browser stops responding to keyboard - and mouse input while the content is loaded and the page is greyed out: - you stop seeing what you're typing, and most annoying, it doesn't even - respond to mouse clicks on other tabs and the like. This kills the "A" - in Ajax which means "Asynchronous". It seems the whole browser is - completely blocked while performing Ajax requests. + This doesn't happen with other browsers. - I don't think this is a problem in google's javascript code, as this - only happens in Firefox and only since the upgrade. This does not happen - in other browsers. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10 Package: firefox 3.6.18+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.10.2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-30.54-generic 2.6.35.13 Uname: Linux 2.6.35-30-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Architecture: i386 Date: Tue Jul 5 13:42:51 2011 FirefoxPackages: - firefox 3.6.18+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.10.2 - firefox-gnome-support 3.6.18+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.10.2 - firefox-branding 3.6.18+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.10.2 - abroswer N/A - abrowser-branding N/A + firefox 3.6.18+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.10.2 + firefox-gnome-support 3.6.18+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.10.2 + firefox-branding 3.6.18+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.10.2 + abroswer N/A + abrowser-branding N/A InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429) ProcEnviron: - PATH=(custom, no user) - LANG=en_US.utf8 - SHELL=/bin/bash + PATH=(custom, no user) + LANG=en_US.utf8 + SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: firefox -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/805912 Title: firefox freezes computer every time it loads content To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/805912/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
