115817 - When running on low system resources Mozilla crashes, and crashes Windows

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(SeaMonkey :: UI Design, defect)

Description

[Alexander Hessentswey]

From Bugzilla Helper:
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:0.9.6+) Gecko/20011217
BuildID:    2001121703

When running on low system resources Mozilla crashes Windows. Is there any way
to switch to the more passive mode, to the unskinned interface, or reduce
allocated resources in other way, when running on low resources? (I do not mean
a machines which have low resources permanently.)

Reproducible: Sometimes

Comment 1

[Diego Biurrun]

Try using classic skin instead of modern, using tabs instead of new windows and
install a build without mailnews, chat, javascript debugger and whatever you do
not absolutely need.

Comment 2

[Alexander Hessentswey]

Yes, but what about automatical switching in economical mode? And how
about automatically detecting resources level and trying to prevent
system crash, is there a solution? (I mean when I start Mozilla
resources are normal.)

Comment 3

[Joerg Heber]

I have a similar problem with my milestone 0.9.6 on Windows 98. The system
usually stalls when loading memory intensive processes such as Java, long pages,
or a PDF file when (too) low in memory. I also have sufficient resources, so
this problem usually happens only during long Mozilla sessions. It completely
blocks the system and the only option is to press the restart button. A graceful
exit by Mozilla would be nice instead of hanging up the system. Not sure,
however, whether it is the OS or Mozilla that is at fault...

Comment 4

[John Morrison]

no steps to reproduce.