441115 - Firefox 3 window does not close sometimes

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[A Bassio]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9) Gecko/2008061015 Firefox/3.0
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9) Gecko/2008061015 Firefox/3.0

This has happened with me more than once actually.

When clicking on the X button to close a window, nothing actually happens and the window does not close.

Possible associations: probably when leaving a window open for a long time (hours) or with opening many many tabs

Reproducible: Sometimes

Steps to Reproduce:
Not sure how to reproduce, but i will keep trying to reproduce it

possible causes include
1. leaving the affected window for a long time open
2. opening many tabs

Comment 1

[A Bassio]

I am on KDE 4.0.5 on Kubuntu linux

Oh, In case it turns out theme-related:
I am currently using the theme KDE4+Firefox3

Comment 2

[myles7897]

Does this still happen when running safe mode?
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+Mode

Comment 3

[A Bassio]

This event is sporadic that I can not reproduce it in safe mode.

It only happened like 4 times these last two months.

For your information: in the same time you can't close the window by clicking on the 'X', but you can still close it by File-->Quit!!!

Comment 4

[myles7897]

Do you have any add-ons installed? One of them might be causing it, especially since it doesn't crash in safe mode.

Comment 5

[A Bassio]

Update:
This behavior when it happens, it is associated with an inability of flash applets to respond to the mouse clicks

So if I have a youtube video .. it runs ok .. but I can't click on it to raise the volume or rewind etc. Flash applets become completely non-responsive.

I have the Flashblock extension installed btw.


And as I said file-->quit works .. it is just the 'X' button (and the flash)

Reproducibility: sometimes .. cannot predict when

Comment 6

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

A Bassio, do you still see this issue in Firefox 3.6?

Comment 7

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

No reply, INCOMPLETE. Please retest with Firefox 3.6.x or later and a new profile (http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles). If you continue to see this issue with the newest firefox and a new profile, then please comment on this bug.