Closed Bug 347362 Opened 18 years ago Closed 17 years ago

PDF files cause Firefox to lock up

Categories

(Core Graveyard :: Plug-ins, defect)

Product:
Core Graveyard
Component:
Plug-ins
Version:
1.8 Branch
Platform:
x86
Windows XP
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
major

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED WORKSFORME

People

(Reporter: nathana, Unassigned)

References

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URL
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Details

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.6) Gecko/20060728 Firefox/1.5.0.6
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.6) Gecko/20060728 Firefox/1.5.0.6

When trying to view *.pdf files, the first one I pull up will load just fine.  The second one will crash Firefox about 60-80% of the time.  This is a new problem for me and has only started happening after the last upgrade.

Reproducible: Sometimes

Steps to Reproduce:
1.open a *.pdf file from a site that causes a new window to open (e.g. http://www.tannoy.com)
2.in the first browser window, find another *.pdf file and click (it should open in the same page as the last *.pdf)
3.Firefox crashes and windows prompts you to end process.

Actual Results:  
complete freeze of all windows and must force quit

Expected Results:  
showed the next *.pdf file without crashing

at least half of my work online involves *.pdf files.  As much as I love and swear by firefox, if this can't be solved quickly I'm going to have to use Netscape of IE (shudders).
Do you see same problem as yours in dependency tree of meta bug 336184?   
  https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/showdependencytree.cgi?id=336184
Which version of the Acrobat plugin are you using? You can see the version in about:plugins.
Severity: critical → major
Component: File Handling → Plug-ins
Product: Firefox → Core
QA Contact: file.handling → plugins
Version: unspecified → 1.8 Branch
No response from bug opener, even though very simple question for Plugin version...
Closing as WORKSFORME.
No longer blocks: 336184
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 17 years ago
Resolution: --- → WORKSFORME
Product: Core → Core Graveyard
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