On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 07:00:36 -0700, Greg Knaddison <greg.knaddison at gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 08:44:05 -0500, Chris Hammond <chris at tac.esi.net> 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