FC2 system lockup under Mozilla 1.7.7

[Kurt Wall]

On Tuesday 14 June 2005 08:45, bof enlightened us thusly:
> Hello,
>
> I am running FC2 on a PIII 700.
>
> When trying to access certain webpages under Mozilla 1.7.7, the system
> locks up completely: the screen, mouse and keyboard freeze. The only way
> that I can recover is to hard reboot the system.  I have also been
> running a file system integrity check when offered, as the system did
> not shut down cleanly.

Is the OS locking up? If so, that's a kernel bug. I rather suspect it is
just X wedging. If you can get remote access, you can avoid a hard reboot.

> I never know which pages are going to do this -- they occur randonly as
> I browse the web. Here is one example:
>
>     http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/release-notes/fc4/.
>
> This particular page locked up the system under Mozilla but load and
> worked as it should under Konquerer 3.2.2-8.FC2.
>
> What is happening? And do I really need to run the file system integrity
> check?

I'd suspect something amiss with Mozilla. Yes, you do need to run the FS
integrity check. It's rather like checking your oil when the oil light
comes on in your car -- you don't have to, but when the engine seizes,
you'll only have yourself to blame.

Kurt