Re: Firefox is really unstable on FreeBSD

From: ferdydurke (ferdy_at_ferdy.com)
Date: 12/30/04


Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 13:30:03 +0100

Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm currently using Mozilla (1.7.5_1,2) as the browser on my FreeBSD
> workstation, running 5.3-stable:
> user@kg-work$ uname -a
> FreeBSD kg-work.kg4.no 5.3-STABLE FreeBSD 5.3-STABLE #1: Sun Nov 14
> 20:19:11 CET 2004 root@kg-work.kg4.no:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SS51G i386
>
> Mozilla is almost rock solid on my workstation (meaning that it very
> rarely crashes).
> I have installed Thunderbird (1.0) and Firefox (1.0_6,1), and are
> already using Thunderbird; it is also rock solid.
>
> However, Firefox is really unstable; I can usually crash it within five
> minutes after staring it, just by browsing a few sites. There doesn't
> seem to be any pattern in what sites / features that will crash Firefox;
> these are the same sites that I'm happily using with Mozilla.
> Firefox core dumps when it crashes, with a signal 11.
>
> Now, I'm also using Mozilla and Firefox on another "operating system",
> and there both browsers are equally stable (not to mention a lot better
> than the alternatives).
>
> I have searched Google and the FreeBSD mailing list archives but can't
> seem to find any suggestions on what to try.
>
> Any hints?

hi,

run opera ! it is the best.



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