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Firefox is not responding any more when I try to access some web pages

Asked by Zamolxis666

Hi! When I try accessing some pages (for example: http://www.software.ucv.ro/~mbrezovan/) mozilla firefox background is getting gray and I have to close it (with Force Quit). Any suggestions will be appreciated.

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Richard de Vries (richarddevries) said : 		#1

The page contains a Java applet. I don't have a Java plugin installed and the page loads without problems. Do you have a Java plugin, and if so, which one? (In Firefox: Extras -> Add-ons -> Plugins)

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Zamolxis666 (zamolxis666) said : 		#2

I have IcedTea, but I think it's not from plugins. Firefox background become gray and the browser does'nt respond any more.

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Richard de Vries (richarddevries) said : 		#3

Well it's hard to say for certain. You might try to remove IcedTea and try the Sun plugin. Also try this: quit Firefox, open a Terminal (Alt-F2 -> 'gnome-terminal' -> Enter) and type 'firefox' + Enter into the terminal window. Then visit the page. The terminal might provide some relevant error messages.
By the way, I tried on my laptop (Firefox + Java(TM) Plug-in 1.6.0_15) and it works, although Firefox greys out for about half a second. Might also be a problem with the applet on the page (which only provides a link that doesn't even work).
You said there were other sites that cause the same problem, could you name a few?

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Richard de Vries (richarddevries) said : 		#4

Well it's hard to say for certain. You might try to remove IcedTea and try the Sun plugin. Also try this: quit Firefox, open a Terminal (Alt-F2 -> 'gnome-terminal' -> Enter) and type 'firefox' + Enter into the terminal window. Then visit the page. The terminal might provide some relevant error messages.
By the way, I tried on my laptop (Firefox + Java(TM) Plug-in 1.6.0_15) and it works, although Firefox greys out for about half a second. Might also be a problem with the applet on the page (which only provides a link that doesn't even work).
You said there were other sites that cause the same problem, could you name a few?

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Daniel Stone (danielstone) said : 		#5

I do not see any issue when loading this page. I do see it ask to install java... but I have no issues running without that plugin unless I am just missing something. I run java on my sites an see no request so I think that it is just how the page is built.
I would suggest removing icedtea plugin and see if you can notice a difference.

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Zamolxis666 (zamolxis666) said : 		#6

I change the plugin IcedTea with java TM plugin and it works. Thank you guys especially Daily Struggle