On Mon, May 08, 2006 at 11:41:39AM +0200, Jan Willem Stumpel wrote: > Package: firefox > Version: 1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.3-2 > Severity: important > > > This bug has existed for quite a while (I guess more than 6 months in Sid) > both in Mozilla and Firefox; I filed it against Mozilla as #366138. > > Sometimes if I hit keys (by accident) 'wrongly', i.e. not squarely, hitting > two keys at > once, Firefox (or Mozilla) will hang with almost 100% CPU usage, freezing > the whole X system (no running program will respond to keystrokes or mouse > clicks). The only remedy is to press Control-Alt-F2 to go to the console, > and to type killall firefox-bin. > > It has always been difficult to reproduce this for purposes of bug reporting > but now I found a fairly reliable way; > > -start Firefox. > -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 Firefox. I cannot reproduce this, but it sure sounds like #360079.
What kind of cursor do you get when this happens? The "xserver becomes unusable part" sounds like #361303. Justin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
