Firefox2/ProblemsOnIntelMacs

Problems with Firefox 2 on Intel Macs

There have been a few reports [1][2][3] of problems with Firefox 2 on Intel Macs.

Firefox 2 on Intel Mac, there is no Talkback because...xxx

If you get a crash, please send us the report by doing...xxx

If you get a freeze, please use "Activity Monitor" to sample the process and send us the sample. (More info...xxx)

Please also let us know:

• os version (ex: 10.4.8)
• system details (ex: cpu, memory, xxx)
• what extensions you are running (ex: xxx)
• the versions of your plugins from about:plugins (ex: xxx)

Confirmed issues:

• jc_GC deadlock (fixed by brendan for Fx 2.0.0.1), see bug #xxxxxx
• problems with flash (fixed by josh before Fx 2.0 shipped?), see bug #xxxxxx

Unconfirmed issues:

• large .sqlite problems with certain extensions (see this bug xxx)
• flash problems (see this sample xxx)
• java problems (see this sample xxx)

Marcia Knous wrote:

Yes, I can corroborate this by a recent review of Hendrix feedback that specifically calls out the Intel Mac. Flash is showing up as the #2 top crash for Mac in FF 2

Rank Count Stack Signature 1 428 FadeMenuWindows <http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?query_format=&short_desc_type=allwordssubstr&short_desc=FadeMenuWindows&long_desc_type=substring&long_desc=&bug_file_loc_type=allwordssubstr&bug_file_loc=&status_whiteboard_type=allwordssubstr&status_whiteboard=&keywords_type=allwords&keywords=&emailtype1=exact&email1=&emailtype2=exact&email2=&bugidtype=include&bug_id=&votes=&chfieldfrom=&chfieldto=Now&chfieldvalue=&cmdtype=doit&order=Reuse+same+sort+as+last+time&field0-0-0=noop&type0-0-0=noop&value0-0-0=> 2 159 Flash <http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?query_format=&short_desc_type=allwordssubstr&short_desc=Flash&long_desc_type=substring&long_desc=&bug_file_loc_type=allwordssubstr&bug_file_loc=&status_whiteboard_type=allwordssubstr&status_whiteboard=&keywords_type=allwords&keywords=&emailtype1=exact&email1=&emailtype2=exact&email2=&bugidtype=include&bug_id=&votes=&chfieldfrom=&chfieldto=Now&chfieldvalue=&cmdtype=doit&order=Reuse+same+sort+as+last+time&field0-0-0=noop&type0-0-0=noop&value0-0-0=> 3 137 libSystem.B.dylib.88.1.7 <http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?query_format=&short_desc_type=allwordssubstr&short_desc=libSystem.B.dylib.88.1.7&long_desc_type=substring&long_desc=&bug_file_loc_type=allwordssubstr&bug_file_loc=&status_whiteboard_type=allwordssubstr&status_whiteboard=&keywords_type=allwords&keywords=&emailtype1=exact&email1=&emailtype2=exact&email2=&bugidtype=include&bug_id=&votes=&chfieldfrom=&chfieldto=Now&chfieldvalue=&cmdtype=doit&order=Reuse+same+sort+as+last+time&field0-0-0=noop&type0-0-0=noop&value0-0-0=> 4 123 nsMacEventHandler::ConvertOSEventToMouseEvent <http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?query_format=&short_desc_type=allwordssubstr&short_desc=nsMacEventHandler::ConvertOSEventToMouseEvent&long_desc_type=substring&long_desc=&bug_file_loc_type=allwordssubstr&bug_file_loc=&status_whiteboard_type=allwordssubstr&status_whiteboard=&keywords_type=allwords&keywords=&emailtype1=exact&email1=&emailtype2=exact&email2=&bugidtype=include&bug_id=&votes=&chfieldfrom=&chfieldto=Now&chfieldvalue=&cmdtype=doit&order=Reuse+same+sort+as+last+time&field0-0-0=noop&type0-0-0=noop&value0-0-0=> 5 94 TestWindowGroupAttributes <http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?query_format=&short_desc_type=allwordssubstr&short_desc=TestWindowGroupAttributes&long_desc_type=substring&long_desc=&bug_file_loc_type=allwordssubstr&bug_file_loc=&status_whiteboard_type=allwordssubstr&status_whiteboard=&keywords_type=allwords&keywords=&emailtype1=exact&email1=&emailtype2=exact&email2=&bugidtype=include&bug_id=&votes=&chfieldfrom=&chfieldto=Now&chfieldvalue=&cmdtype=doit&order=Reuse+same+sort+as+last+time&field0-0-0=noop&type0-0-0=noop&value0-0-0=>

We should do whatever we can to encourage Intel Mac users to submit the Apple Crash data, since mento indicated in many ways that is more useful than Talkback data.