Re: Dying Iceweasel.
Date: Fri, 25 May 2012 14:19:38 +1000
Scott Ferguson <scott.ferguson.debian.user@gmail.com> wrote,
> I can't duplicate your problem... why don't you bypass the monkey and
go to:-
https://login.skype.com/account/signup-form
> no ffflash required there
> no long URL either.
That works; but other pages also crashed iceweasel and the Skype case
was only a convenient example. One way or another a working browser is
needed.
On 25/05/12 06:36 AM, Camaleón wrote:
This one?
https://login.skype.com/intl/es/account/signup-form
It was a long ugly thing containing unpronounceable strings.
The Armada is about 40 km away and I can't reproduce the URI
immediately. OpenVPN has a tunnel open but VLC isn't working.
> The above URI loads fine here (Lenny+firefox 12).
Works fine on this Foxconn desktop, Dalton, also.
> Anyway, what are the key differences between your 2 systems?
Package listings are here.
"http://142.103.107.138/ArmadaPackages";
"http://142.103.107.138/DaltonPackages";
> Mmm, isn't that something related to the sound? :-?
Yes, disabling sound to "fix" a browser is weird. I hate to say it but
the phrase "bad software engineering" springs to mind.
> Yes, update your Iceweasel (and your flash player plugin) to the
lastest version available, that will solve most of the browser
unexpected closing issues.
After difficulties when I last installed testing, including the odyssey
entailed in the switch from Grub to Grub 2, I vowed to never again stray
from stable.
Thanks for the ideas, ... Peter E.
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