[GTALUG] FF 46 Locking Ubuntu 14.04

[Jose A. Dias]

> I posted this on the Ubuntu forums. Just got one reply, from someone
> experiencing the same problem. I am hoping someone here can offer some
> advice:
> 
> Prior to the latest update (within last week) I was getting FF
crashing
> on some web sites. My best guess is that the sites had lots of
javascript.

Sure, what websites? Can you use chrome to get to these places?

> Now, after the update, I am getting FF locking up my desktop. I need
to
> do a soft reset to get going again. Very much no fun.

Can you access these places from another machine/os/browser?

> CPU is Intel i5, 64 bit, 16 GB ram CPU temperature app shows good
numbers.
> I run the Gnome shell.
> I use the machine as a LAMP and SAMBA server.
> 
> I have never had trouble like this before.
> 
> Suggestions and advise requested.
> 
> Thanks
> --
> Stephen
> ---

Let's see what we can discover...

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Jose Dias
jose "dot" dias "at" DiasLan "dot" net