Bug#544973: iceweasel: URL completion / history search sometimes unavailable

[Mike Hommey]

Hi,

Sorry for the late answer.

On Thu, Sep 03, 2009 at 08:41:52PM -0700, Ian Zimmerman wrote:
> Package: iceweasel
> Version: 3.0.6-1
> Severity: normal
> 
> iceweasel normally displays relevant entries from the browsing history when
> I start to type in the location bar.  This is becoming a more important feature
> for me as bookmarks doesn't scale anymore.  But sometimes this mechanism just
> gets stuck - the history list doesn't open no matter what I type.  I am not
> sure about this but I think I see the whole "crome" area flickering very fast
> when this happens.  It could mean iceweasel is furiously trying to do something.
> In any case, I can see no regular pattern at all in when it happens - no
> correlation with the number of tabs, the page displayed in the current tab, etc.
> I reproduced it in safe mode as well.

When that happens, are there any relevant messages in the Error Console
(in the Tools menu)

Cheers,

Mike