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From: Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Firefox 4 hard freeze
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2011 20:50:07
Message-Id: BANLkTinE9yjLuC7Y031deruJ0Ksm4w=hEQ@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Firefox 4 hard freeze by Willie Wong
1 On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 3:16 PM, Willie Wong <wwong@××××××××××××××.edu> wrote:
2 > On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 03:53:39PM -0400, Willie Wong wrote:
3 >> Hi list,
4 >>
5 >> I'm running into some weird problem. Firefox was upgraded to version 4
6 >> a few days ago. And up until last night I have had no problems with
7 >> it. Starting this morning, however, it seems that Firefox would freeze
8 >> up whenever I touch the keyboard with the window in focus!
9 >>
10 >> I can open new tabs, go visit links in the history, etc, with no
11 >> problems. But any keyboard input (hitting Ctrl-t for new tab, Ctrl-n
12 >> for new Window, or trying to enter an address into the address bar)
13 >> completely freezes the program.
14 >>
15 >
16 > Update: seems that only some keyboard input is affected. For example,
17 > arrow keys for scrolling, and typing things in text/input boxes on
18 > webpages are fine. But "hotkeys" interacting with Firefox, or typing
19 > in the Address bar or Search bar freezes the program.
20
21 Have you tried as a different user or with a fresh Firefox profile? I
22 wonder if it would make a difference.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Firefox 4 hard freeze Willie Wong <wwong@××××××××××××××.edu>