Bug#579659: iceweasel: freezes on a

Christophe TROESTLER debian00+list at aliceadsl.fr
Thu Apr 29 17:45:34 UTC 2010


On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 19:16:37 +0200, Mike Hommey wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 06:07:05PM +0200, Christophe Troestler wrote:
> > When opening the following link, even with "iceweasel -safe-mode", the
> > browser freezes:
> > http://www.rtbf.be/info/belgique/politique/crise-la-n-va-depose-une-resolution-pour-contourner-la-sonnette-dalarme
> 
> Flash could be a candidate. Have you tried to disable plugins ?

I thought "iceweasel -safe-mode" did that but it seems it does not.
Uninstalling flash or using mozilla-plugin-gnash it works fine indeed.

It would be nice if iceweasel could "sandbox" flash (as unfortunately
many sites are using it) but I guess it is not for the near future...

Best,
C.





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