[PLUG] Chrome freeze

[Denis Heidtmann]

On Sat, Nov 23, 2013 at 2:03 PM, Daniel Hedlund <daniel at digitree.org> wrote:

> On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 8:27 PM, Denis Heidtmann
> <denis.heidtmann at gmail.com>wrote:
>
> > Occasionally Chrome freezes.  Usually I have a few tabs open.  The
> symptoms
> > are that clicking to change tabs, to close a tab, or to pan within a tab
> > causes not response--no change visible.  The fix I have found is to go to
> > the context menu and choose inspect element.  That immediately seems to
> > clear the freeze, and the click which initiated the freeze becomes
> active.
> >
>
> Do you have any extensions installed?  There are reports that some
> extensions (i.e. "Tabs Preview") are known to cause similar behaviour:
> http://productforums.google.com/forum/#!msg/chrome/OVXRMZYWSiE/U1vy2eJ20VUJ
>
> There are also recent reports that a GPU VSync flag and/or thread
> compositing are known to freeze up parts of the browser:
> http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=303293
> http://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/chrome/cMidVX4EYe8
>
> Have you confirmed that the issue is chrome specific and not related to X
> or your window manager?  Can you minimize the chrome window by
> left-clicking (if your window manager supports it)?  If you have another
> window open, can you switch to that window or perform actions by
> left-clicking?  If you switch to another window with a keyboard and then
> back, does left-clicking work again?
> _______________________________________________


Thanks for the list of things to try.  The next time it happens I will
investigate, but if I recall correctly, I can left click on the window bar
and move it around.  And I choose "inspect element" with the left button,
so it would seem that it is chrome specific.

-Denis