Package: mozilla Version: 2:1.7.12-1.1 Severity: important
There have been many reports (see Google) about Mozilla (and also Firefox) hanging with almost 100% CPU usage. But is has always been unclear if the phenomenon is real, and what really triggers it. I have the same problem with both Firefox and Mozilla: sometimes CPU usage goes up to 100%, the whole X system freezes, and the only remedy is to press Control-Alt-F2 to go to the console, and to type killall mozilla-bin (or killall firefox). In my case this happens when I "mistype" something, i.e. when I hit some key not squarely, hitting two keys at once. But it does not always happen, and it is difficult to reproduce. I now found a fairly reliable way to reproduce this. -start mozilla. -put the cursor in the address window. -hit the "A" key, but somewhat to the left, so you also engage the CapsLock key. You will probably not have to try this more than 2 or 3 times before your system freezes completely with approx. 100% CPU usage by Mozilla. So it seems something is seriously wrong with the keyboard input code of Mozilla. I call this bug ‘important’ because it makes it impossible to recommend a Linux/Mozilla system to an inexperienced user. Regards, Jan -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.15 Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages mozilla depends on: ii dpkg 1.13.19 package maintenance system for Deb ii mozilla-browser 2:1.7.12-1.1 The Mozilla Internet application s ii mozilla-mailnews 2:1.7.12-1.1 The Mozilla Internet application s ii mozilla-psm 2:1.7.12-1.1 The Mozilla Internet application s mozilla recommends no packages. -- no debconf information
