136059 - Browser freezes when rendering certain pages

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 58339

(SeaMonkey :: UI Design, defect)

Description

[Dhruva Reddy]

From Bugzilla Helper:
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:0.9.9) Gecko/20020314
BuildID:    20020314

The browser sometimes freezes when loading web pages.  It must then be killed
manually, with a SIGKILL signal.

It seems to happen on more complex web pages (with photos, lots of graphics, or
some sort of dynamic content, such as Flash).  In all cases, it happens at some
point during rendering the page.  This is the extent to which I have been able
to establish any kind of pattern.

This does not happen consistently.  Some days, it does not happen much, other
days (like today, 5 April 2002) it happens so often that the browser is almost
unusable.  For example, I was unable to view today's Dilbert on unitedmedia.com,
whereas I can do this most days.

Here is a sample of URLs on which I have reproduced this behavior at least once:
    http://caranddriver.com
    http://washingtonpost.com
    http://zdnet.com
    http://ucomics.com
    http://unitedmedia.com
    http://timesofindia.com
    (several other commercial websites)

Some URLs on which I have consistently NOT observed this behavior are:
    http://slashdot.org
    http://members.telocity.com/sledge
    http://mozilla.org
    http://mozillazine.org
    http://java.sun.com
    http://google.com
    (most websites whose authors have taken the trouble to make sure 
     the content is accessible by all browsers)

IIRC, I have observed this behavior since 0.9.7.

Reproducible: Sometimes
Steps to Reproduce:
1.  Either enter URL or click on link.

Actual Results:  Browser freezes

Expected Results:  Mozilla should have loaded and rendered the page.

I use the unstable version of Debian Linux, with the 2.4.16 kernel.

I have also observed this behavior with Galeon, which I believe uses the Gecko
rendering engine.  They do not always freeze at the point (i.e., sometimes
Mozilla manages to render more of the page) or even on the same URL.

Comment 1

[R.K.Aa.]

Do you have flash installed and using /edv/dsp when this occures?
(Playing music with xmms or similar)
The sites you mention seem to load flash adds at times.
Suspected duplicate of bug 58339

Comment 2

[Dhruva Reddy]

Yes, I do have Flash installed, and I run xmms almost constantly.

However, the browser has never frozen on me upon startup--only when loading the
"offending" web pages.

I will play around with xmms and report my findings.

Comment 3

[Karl Johan Kleist]

All the listed troublesome URLs work for me,
using 2002-04-02-03 / Windows 2000.

Comment 4

[Andrew Schultz]

do the sites work if you aren't playing audio?

Comment 5

[Rainer Bielefeld]

wfm with
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; de-AT; rv:0.9.9) Gecko/20020311
I opened all URLs for 2 times without problem

Comment 6

[Dhruva Reddy]

I tried closing XMMS, and was unable to reproduce the problem.  Also tried the
following:

    1. Enter a URL with Flash content while XMMS is running.
    2. Wait for browser to hang.
    3. Close XMMS.

The browser then proceeds to load the page and play the Flash content with no
problems.

Also tried one of the workarounds mentioned in bug 58339 (downgrading to Flash
version 4), and the browser has not hung on Flash content with XMMS running.

Comment 7

[Andrew Schultz]

ok, thanks.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 58339 ***

Comment 8

[Paul Wyskoczka]

v

Comment 9

[Paul Wyskoczka]

v