[PLUG] Mozilla hangs machine

[Paul Heinlein]

On Tue, 27 Aug 2002, Dirk Ouellette wrote:

> Why would the Mozilla browser hang my machine? I'm using Galeon
> 1.2.0 and Konqueror 3.0.0.10 on RedHat 7.3 [after current
> updates]and they work fine , but when I call up Mozilla, it trys to
> more than fill the screen and then completely hangs the machine. I
> can't even ctl alt delete or backspace and must reboot manually.

My first troubleshooting suggestion would be to tar up ~/.netscape/ 
and ~/.mozilla/ and save them out of the way, delete the original 
directories, and then restart mozilla.

If it works properly, then it's a configuration error (though it 
leaves unanswered the question about how mozilla could lock up a 
machine in the first place).

Otherwise, I'm fairly stumped. I'd probably start with mozilla.org's 
bugzilla database, looking to see if there are known problems with 
your video card/driver.

--Paul Heinlein <heinlein at attbi.com>