Closed Bug 40211 Opened 25 years ago Closed 25 years ago

linux freezes when loading What's New page

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(Core :: Layout, defect, P1)

x86
Linux
defect

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VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 34871

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(Reporter: bugzilla, Assigned: jst)

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Details

(Whiteboard: [dogfood+][nsbeta2-])

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found this while using today's opt comm bits on linux [2000.05.22.08]. grace, not sure if this is a dup; also, pls reassign if needed. :-) 1. launch netscape, when Select User Profile dialog appears, follow the steps to create a new profile. 2. launch that new profile, it'll attempt to load the above URL. results: the browser's content window looks terrible when trying to load the What's New page. it takes nearly 1-2min! 3. wanting to change my homepage as soon as possible, i attempt to bring up the Preferences dialog...but unable to. results: when i click the Edit menu, it takes a couple seconds for the browser to respond --where i'm unable to switch to another virtual desktop, even...then it displays the menu (without the tab over the menutitle highlighted, strangely). but then i'm unable to select any of the menu items. nor am i able to dismiss the menu (clicking elsewhere), or get any of the other browser widgets to respond. 4. give up, right-mouse-click the close box to kill the window. then Ctrl+C to kill the pid. ugh. note: when i relaunch using the previously-created profile, i don't see this problem since the friggin' What's New page no longer loads (http://home.netscape.com/ loads instead). what's causing this?
might be a backend problem? or even a layout issue?
Assignee: ben → selmer
Component: Profile Manager FrontEnd → Profile Manager BackEnd
I can't fathom why anyone would assign this to profiles. We have traditionally avoided fixing layout bugs :-) Correcting summary to remove reference to profiles.
Component: Profile Manager BackEnd → Layout
Summary: new profile: linux freezes when loading What's New page → linux freezes when loading What's New page
Reassign to layout.
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Assignee: selmer → clayton
QA Contact: gbush → petersen
whoopsee --thanks selmer! :-)
*** Bug 40354 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
reassigning, and cc'ing folx from bug 40354.
Assignee: clayton → buster
Severity: major → blocker
Priority: P3 → P1
Hardware: Other → PC
pardon the spam: transferring kw/status info over.
Keywords: dogfood, nsbeta2
Whiteboard: [dogfood+][nsbeta2-]
I've just attached a fix for the assertions in layout that this page causes. I have no idea if fixing these assertions has any effect on the linux freezing problem or not. Even with the assertions fixed, WinNT is still very slow and responds poorly when this page is loaded.
the assertions are irrelevant. I tested my fix on Linux and the freeze still happens even though the asserts are gone (really fixed, not just masked.) So my best guess is JST, since the page is using the DOM to move DIV's around for an animation. cc-ing V.
Assignee: buster → jst
This is really a dup of bug 34871 which is marked nsbeta2+. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 34871 ***
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 25 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
thanks, kevin. verif.
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
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