Bug#608856: iceweasel: Freeze while trying to open a linked file

[Mike Hommey]

On Tue, Jan 04, 2011 at 05:57:56AM +0300, Dmitry Semyonov wrote:
> Package: iceweasel
> Severity: important
> 
> First of all, the workaround for those, seeking for quick solution:
> 
>   1. Execute the following commands:
> 
> sudo cp /etc/mailcap /etc/mailcap.iceweasel
> sudo sed -i 's/; test=test -n "$DISPLAY"//' /etc/mailcap.iceweasel
> sudo sed -i 's/; test=test "$DISPLAY"//' /etc/mailcap.iceweasel
> sudo sed -i 's/; test=test -n "$ALSA_OUTPUT_PORTS"//' /etc/mailcap.iceweasel
> 
>   2. Open "about:config" page in Iceweasel, and change
> "helpers.global_mailcap_file" from "/etc/mailcap" to
> "/etc/mailcap.iceweasel"
> 
> 
> The workaround disables all useless (to Iceweasel) test commands before
> execution of actual helper applications. I have yet to verify it during
> a week or two to be 100% sure that the issue is really solved, but after
> a bit of meditation over frozen Iceweasel's backtrace I believe that it
> should be.
> 
> Note that I deliberately deleted the version information. While I'm
> currently using 3.6.13-1, I encountered the issue with previous 3.x
> versions too.
> 
> The severity is "important" because it's very annoying when the whole
> browser, full of opened tabs, freezes in the middle of some work, and
> you have to kill it from console, start again, re-enter passwords,
> relogin to some web sites, etc. instead of proceeding with the work.

Does it still happen for you with a more recent iceweasel?

Mike