From: Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Firefox 4 hard freeze
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2011 15:47:22 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <BANLkTinE9yjLuC7Y031deruJ0Ksm4w=hEQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110414201610.GA2685@math.princeton.edu>
On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 3:16 PM, Willie Wong <wwong@math.princeton.edu> wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 03:53:39PM -0400, Willie Wong wrote:
>> Hi list,
>>
>> I'm running into some weird problem. Firefox was upgraded to version 4
>> a few days ago. And up until last night I have had no problems with
>> it. Starting this morning, however, it seems that Firefox would freeze
>> up whenever I touch the keyboard with the window in focus!
>>
>> I can open new tabs, go visit links in the history, etc, with no
>> problems. But any keyboard input (hitting Ctrl-t for new tab, Ctrl-n
>> for new Window, or trying to enter an address into the address bar)
>> completely freezes the program.
>>
>
> Update: seems that only some keyboard input is affected. For example,
> arrow keys for scrolling, and typing things in text/input boxes on
> webpages are fine. But "hotkeys" interacting with Firefox, or typing
> in the Address bar or Search bar freezes the program.
Have you tried as a different user or with a fresh Firefox profile? I
wonder if it would make a difference.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-04-14 20:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-04-14 19:53 [gentoo-user] Firefox 4 hard freeze Willie Wong
2011-04-14 20:16 ` Willie Wong
2011-04-14 20:47 ` Paul Hartman [this message]
2011-04-15 23:30 ` Willie Wong
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