273697 - Mozilla unexpectedly starts behaving erratically. Cannot navigate properly. Cannot reply to e-mails.

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(SeaMonkey :: General, defect)

Description

[David Reuveni]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8a5) Gecko/20041122
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8a5) Gecko/20041122

This looks like a time-limit triggered problem. I have been using the Mozilla
build provided with Slackware 10.0. After several weeks of faultless operation,
the above noted behavior takes over. Reinstalling Mozilla (and plugins) does not
help. Quick (!!) fix was a complete reinstall of Slackware on a new partition.
This is not a satisfactory solution, but removal of all Mozilla/Netscape
components and directories did NOT solve the probelm. This problem has repeated
3 times now since August/September time-frame.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.Install Mozilla.
2.Wait a few weeks
3.

Actual Results:  
After several weeks of faultless operation, navigation behaved eratically and I
was no longer able to reply to e-mails or process downloads properly. Since
downloading doesn't behave correctly, I had to use other means to download a
newer version of Mozilla.

Expected Results:  
Suggested getting a newer version of Mozilla and allowing proper download. (I
hate Microsoft...)

I was unable to isolate a root cause.

Comment 1

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

This is an automated message, with ID "auto-resolve01".

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Comment 2

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

This bug has been automatically resolved after a period of inactivity (see above
comment). If anyone thinks this is incorrect, they should feel free to reopen it.