Re: Firefox hangs when URL entered in address bar
"Will Maier" <willmaier@ml1.net> writes:
> When I start firefox either through an xterm or the fluxbox menu, the
> programs loads ok (a bit slow, but nothing terrible) and then waits
> patiently for me to give it a URL. I can click in the addressbar, but
> when I begin to type, the program seems to freeze: the cursor stays in
> "text mode" with the little "I" shaped bar unless I move it out of the
> program window. If I switch desktops and then come back, the title bar of
> the window is still there, but the window itself is gone (as if shaded).
> All this "goes away" and the program runs as expected after a few minutes
> of waiting.
It could be a DNS problem I suppose. Attach an strace to the firefox
process and see if it's getting stuck on a system call.
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