Bug#213004: Mozilla runs away with CPU usage and freezes when trying to print

[Felix C. Stegerman]

* Mike Hommey <mh at glandium.org> [2007-06-14 17:04]:
> On Thu, Jun 14, 2007 at 04:51:52PM +0200, Felix C. Stegerman
> <flx at obfusk.net> wrote:
> > * Mike Hommey <mh at glandium.org> [2007-04-30 07:24]:
> > > On Sat, Sep 27, 2003 at 10:39:06AM -0500, Steve Doerr
> > > <sdoerr at swbell.net> wrote:
> > > > Package: Mozilla
> > > >
> > > > Version: Mozilla 2:1.4-4
> > > >
> > > > When trying to print from Mozilla, cpu usage runs away and the
> > > > application freezes.  Purging and reinstalling did not correct
> > > > the problem.  Installing xprt-xprintorg didn't fix it either.
> > > >
> > > > Attached is the output of strace -f -o moxtrace mozilla
> > > >
> > > > Sorry, this is a large attachment, I let it run for a couple
> > > > of minutes before killing it.  Please let me know if there is
> > > > any other info I could provide which might be useful.
> > > >
> > > > btw,  I just used apt to install, so it updated and installed
> > > > whatever it needed.
> > >
> > > Could you check if this still occurs with iceape, which replaces
> > > mozilla, from etch ?
> > >
> > > Thank you
> > >
> > > Mike
> >
> > [Sorry about the late reply, my inbox is overflowing ...]
> >
> > Since my problem was with mozilla-calendar and the iceape-calendar
> > package is currently empty, I can't verify whether the problem
> > still exists.
>
> The iceape-calendar package in etch is not empty ;)
>
> Mike

[Didn't think of testing ... d'oh!]

I installed iceape-calendar [-t testing].  The good news is: it
doesn't hog the CPU/freeze X anymore; the bad news is: when I try to
print a calendar, iceape opens a new "Unnamed Window" and nothing
happens.  Should I file a new bugreport for this?


- Felix

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