310310 - Problems after exiting from the Cisco PDM 3.0(1) Java application

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 269973

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Andrew Quaglia]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; it-IT; rv:1.7.12) Gecko/20050919 Firefox/1.0.7
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; it-IT; rv:1.7.12) Gecko/20050919 Firefox/1.0.7

To configure the Cisco PIX 501 Firewall there is a Java application called PDM
that runs if you point the browser to the https port of the Firewall.
This application works only with java versions up to 1.4.2_07 (for newer
releases of Java like 1.5 you need to upgrade the firewall firmware and software).
The application works with Firefox with no problem, but when you close the java app:
- the bookmark window is empty
- the address field works in reverse order (!), i.e. if I want to type
www.mozilla.org I've to type gro.allizom.www (and it's displayed as www.mozilla.org)


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. point to https://addr.of.your.cisco
2. work with the app
3. close the app
4. try to use Firefox

Actual Results:  
Firefox is unusable.
To revert to normal conditions, I've to logout (closing and restarting Firefox
doesn't work).


It seems that Java is not fully unloaded when I close Firefox (there's still the
icon in the system tray).
Of course, using IE 6 everything is ok.

Comment 1

[Adam Guthrie]

Is this reproducible with 1.5 beta? http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firefox/

Comment 2

[zug_treno]

Duplicate of bug 260772 -> Core bug 269973.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 269973 ***

Comment 3

[Andrew Quaglia]

I've found a solution.
The problem is that Firefox (1.0.x) remains running in the background (sucking
99% of cpu). When I try to open a new instance of Firefox, there is no warning
about a "Firefox is already running". If I kill it with Task Manager, I can work
normally again.
With 1.5beta, I get a "Firefox is already running", so I can kill it and work again.

Comment 4

[Andrew Quaglia]

(In reply to comment #1)
> Is this reproducible with 1.5 beta? http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firefox/

No because I get a warning about "Firefox is already running" and I've to kill
the app from the background. When I start again Firefox, it works normally.