508208 - Firefox hangs when loading second session

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[robin]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.2) Gecko/20090729 Firefox/3.5.2
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.2) Gecko/20090729 Firefox/3.5.2

When a second session is opened Firefox.exe utilization peaks at 99%. Only way to exit sessions is to use Task manager and end task.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. open second session
2.
3.



Error console shows numerous errors and warnings 

Error: Permission denied for <http://nztv.prod.untd.com> to call method Location.toString on <http://webmaila.juno.com>.

Warning: Expected declaration but found '*'.  Skipped to next declaration.
Source File: http://www.yahoo.com/
Line: 655

Comment 1

[robin]

Error: return not in function
Source File: javascript:%20return%20false;
Line: 1, Column: 1
Source Code:
 return false;

Error: uncaught exception: [Exception... "Component returned failure code: 0x80004003 (NS_ERROR_INVALID_POINTER)"  nsresult: "0x80004003 (NS_ERROR_INVALID_POINTER)"  location: "JS frame :: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/js/sorttable.js :: anonymous :: line 50"  data: no]

Comment 2

[robin]

Appears to hang when http://Yahoo.com is home page. 
When home page is set to other than Yahoo; i.e., http://google.com, then all other sessions load ok.

Comment 3

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

Can you try in firefox safe mode?

Comment 4

[robin]

Safe Mode appears to work opening multiple copies; however, same warnings are seen in error console as in non-safe mode.

Comment 5

[robin]

Can not reproduce error any longer, Firefox.exe no longer peaks at 98%. Did not make any changes to my configuration. Wierd...go figure....

Warnings are of two types:

Warning: Expected declaration but found '*'.  Skipped to next declaration.
Source File: http://www.yahoo.com/
Line: 222

Warning: Error in parsing value for 'filter'.  Declaration dropped.
Source File: http://l.yimg.com/d/i/ww/sp/onload_1.4.3.css
Line: 24

Comment 6

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

Reporter, are you still seeing this issue with Firefox 3.6.13 or later in safe mode or a fresh profile? If not, please close. These links can help you in your testing.
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+Mode
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles

Comment 7

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

This bug has had the CLOSEME tag for several weeks and the date in the tag is
far gone. If the reporter can still see this issue, Please retest with Firefox
3.6.x or later and a new profile
(http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles). Then please remove the
closeme tag in the whiteboard, mark the bug against the proper version and
comment on the bug.