187162 - Find on this page causes all of Mozilla to stop responding [corrupted XUL.mfl]

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 174473

(SeaMonkey :: General, defect)

Description

[Andrew]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.2.1) Gecko/20021130
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.2.1) Gecko/20021130

On any site, whenever I use Find on this page or shortcut Ctrl-F, all Mozilla
windows that may be open at that time freeze (stop responding).  This includes
all multiple browser windows, mail/news.  I haven't tried with other compnents
open.  Other Windows (Windows Explorer, etc) continue to work unaffected.  I can
press the "X" button (close) in the top-right of the window, to get a message
from W2K stating the obvious - This program is not responding!  Pressing the
"End now" button closes all instances of Mozilla.  The same happens when I force
close Mozilla with Task Manager.  Rebooting doesn't help.



Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Go to any site
2. Press Ctrl-F


Actual Results:  
All of Mozilla freeze up.  All Mozilla windows stop responding.

Expected Results:  
Start find dialog window

I recently upgraded to Mozilla 1.2.1.  I didn't see this behaviour (or lack
thereof) on the previous version (1.2a) I used.

I also see a similar freeze when I try to compose a message in Mail/News.  This
logged as a separate bug.

Comment 1

[Andrew]

Also see bug# 187161

Comment 2

[R.K.Aa.]

As a rule of the thumb: Follow the Installation Notes, and only use compatible
themes.

If the creation of new windows cause freeze/hang, there's a chance your XUL.mfl
is corruped. Try quit mozilla (and quickstart if running) - delete XUL.mfl, then
restart. (XUL.mfl is a chrome cache and will be rebuilt on new startup if missing)

Comment 3

[Andrew]

Thank you.  I deleted the XUL.MFL file and the problem disappeared.

Comment 4

[R.K.Aa.]

reopen...

Comment 5

[R.K.Aa.]

..because this particular bug is a dup

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 174473 ***

Comment 6

[Wesha]

v.