Bug#704489: iceweasel ocasionaly freezes whole system, nothing reacts - power off only way to clear problem

[Jack Wilborn]

Package: iceweasel
Version: 17.0.8esr-1~deb7u1
Followup-For: Bug #704489

Dear Maintainer,
*** Please consider answering these questions, where appropriate ***

   * What led up to the situation?
        Boot system, click on Iceweasel, within a few seconds it will freeze
the entire system.  It is not 100% freeze, sometimes it will run awhile, but
generally if I invoke Iceweasel by itself, it will freeze the system.
        Clock on top of screen stops updating, best indicator it's hosed. But
not responsive to mouse clicks or keyboard entry.  There is one other strange
thing that happens and I don't know if they are related, in that when typing
        information into a web site, the font changes and I get a character,
followed by a space.  This usually continues and I have to close Iceweasel to
continue.  Don't know if there is a relation to the system freeze, but will add
this
        to the bug list.  I have also tried to find the 'expeirmental' version
to see if it's still a problem, but, even with the proper entry (I believe) in
sources.list, I don't seem to be able to find the expeirmental version with
'aptitude'
        for installation.
   * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
     ineffective)?
        Found that I can only regain control by a power off, sit for a few
minutes then cause the BIOS to allow me to select boot device.  If I just power
back on, I get a message on top of screen
        that something happened and will return to where it was frozen.
   * What was the outcome of this action?
        Proper re boot restores the computer.
   * What outcome did you expect instead?
        Did not expect to have to wait after a power down.



-- Package-specific info:

-- Extensions information
Name: Adblock Plus
Location: /usr/share/mozilla/extensions/{ec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384}/{d10d0bf8-f5b5-c8b4-a8b2-2b9879e08c5d}
Package: xul-ext-adblock-plus
Status: user-disabled

Name: Default theme
Location: /usr/lib/iceweasel/extensions/{972ce4c6-7e08-4474-a285-3208198ce6fd}
Package: iceweasel
Status: enabled

Name: DownloadHelper
Location: ${PROFILE_EXTENSIONS}/{b9db16a4-6edc-47ec-a1f4-b86292ed211d}
Status: enabled

Name: Web Developer
Location: /usr/share/mozilla/extensions/{ec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384}/{c45c406e-ab73-11d8-be73-000a95be3b12}
Package: xul-ext-webdeveloper
Status: user-disabled

-- Plugins information
Name: Gnome Shell Integration
Location: /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libgnome-shell-browser-plugin.so
Package: gnome-shell
Status: enabled

Name: iTunes Application Detector
Location: /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/librhythmbox-itms-detection-plugin.so
Package: rhythmbox-plugins
Status: enabled

Name: Shockwave Flash (11,2,202,297)
Location: /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so
Status: enabled


-- Addons package information
ii  gnome-shell    3.4.2-7      amd64        graphical shell for the GNOME des
ii  iceweasel      17.0.8esr-1~ amd64        Web browser based on Firefox
ii  rhythmbox-plug 2.97-2.1     amd64        plugins for rhythmbox music playe
ii  xul-ext-adbloc 2.1-1+deb7u1 all          Advertisement blocking extension 
ii  xul-ext-webdev 1.1.9-5      all          web developer extension for the I

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 7.1
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages iceweasel depends on:
ii  debianutils         4.3.2
ii  fontconfig          2.9.0-7.1
ii  libc6               2.13-38
ii  libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0  2.26.1-1
ii  libglib2.0-0        2.33.12+really2.32.4-5
ii  libgtk2.0-0         2.24.10-2
ii  libnspr4            2:4.9.2-1
ii  libnspr4-0d         2:4.9.2-1
ii  libsqlite3-0        3.7.13-1+deb7u1
ii  libstdc++6          4.7.2-5
ii  procps              1:3.3.3-3
ii  xulrunner-17.0      17.0.8esr-1~deb7u1

iceweasel recommends no packages.

Versions of packages iceweasel suggests:
ii  fonts-stix [otf-stix]  1.1.0-1
ii  libgssapi-krb5-2       1.10.1+dfsg-5+deb7u1
pn  mozplugger             <none>

Versions of packages xulrunner-17.0 depends on:
ii  libasound2                1.0.25-4
ii  libatk1.0-0               2.4.0-2
ii  libbz2-1.0                1.0.6-4
ii  libc6                     2.13-38
ii  libcairo2                 1.12.2-3
ii  libdbus-1-3               1.6.8-1+deb7u1
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2          0.100.2-1
ii  libevent-2.0-5            2.0.19-stable-3
ii  libfontconfig1            2.9.0-7.1
ii  libfreetype6              2.4.9-1.1
ii  libgcc1                   1:4.7.2-5
ii  libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0        2.26.1-1
ii  libglib2.0-0              2.33.12+really2.32.4-5
ii  libgtk2.0-0               2.24.10-2
ii  libhunspell-1.3-0         1.3.2-4
ii  libjpeg8                  8d-1
ii  libmozjs17d               17.0.8esr-1~deb7u1
ii  libnspr4                  2:4.9.2-1
ii  libnss3                   2:3.14.3-1
ii  libnss3-1d                2:3.14.3-1
ii  libpango1.0-0             1.30.0-1
ii  libpixman-1-0             0.26.0-4
ii  libsqlite3-0              3.7.13-1+deb7u1
ii  libstartup-notification0  0.12-1
ii  libstdc++6                4.7.2-5
ii  libvpx1                   1.1.0-1
ii  libx11-6                  2:1.5.0-1+deb7u1
ii  libxext6                  2:1.3.1-2+deb7u1
ii  libxrender1               1:0.9.7-1+deb7u1
ii  libxt6                    1:1.1.3-1+deb7u1
ii  zlib1g                    1:1.2.7.dfsg-13

Versions of packages xulrunner-17.0 suggests:
ii  libcanberra0  0.28-6
ii  libgnomeui-0  2.24.5-2

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